noun

1. HACK, a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
2. HACK, a horse kept for hire
3. HACK, an old or over-worked horse
4. HACK, a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
5. HACK, a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
6. HACK, one who works hard at boring tasks
7. HACK, a mediocre and disdained writer
8. HACK, a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

verb

1. HACK, cough spasmodically
2. HACK, significantly cut up a manuscript
3. HACK, fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
4. HACK, kick on the shins
5. HACK, kick on the arms
6. HACK, cut with a hacking tool
7. HACK, cut away
8. HACK, be able to manage or manage successfully

1. the abrupt revelation of an enemy masquerading as a friend is such a hack plot twist