kʌt dɹʌdʒ hækə(ɹ) plʌɡ ˈtæk.si ˈtæk.siˌkæb huːp cough spasmodically The patient with emphysema is hacking all day significantly cut up a manuscript fix a computer program piecemeal until it works I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best kick on the shins kick on the arms cut with a hacking tool cut away he hacked his way through the forest a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. a horse kept for hire an old or over-worked horse be able to manage or manage successfully I can't hack it anymore she could not cut the long days in the office a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil one who works hard at boring tasks a mediocre and disdained writer a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends