[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed byupordown):to hack meat; to hack down trees.Synonyms: haggle , mangle", "to break up the surface of (the ground).", "to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, brush, or the like:They hacked a trail through the jungle.", "to damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment; mutilate ; mangle :The editor hacked the story to bits.", "to reduce or cut ruthlessly; trim :The Senate hacked the budget severely before returning it to the House.", "Slang.to deal or cope with; handle :He can't hack all this commuting.", "Computers.to modify (a computer program or electronic device) or write (a program) in a skillful or clever way:Developers have hacked the app.I hacked my tablet to do some very cool things.to circumvent security and break into (a network, computer, file, etc.), often with malicious intent:Criminals hacked the bank's yesterday.Our cybersecurity team systematically hacks our network to find vulnerabilities.", "to modify (a computer program or electronic device) or write (a program) in a skillful or clever way:Developers have hacked the app.I hacked my tablet to do some very cool things.", "to circumvent security and break into (a network, computer, file, etc.), often with malicious intent:Criminals hacked the bank's yesterday.Our cybersecurity team systematically hacks our network to find vulnerabilities.", "Informal.to make use of a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing (something):to hack a classic recipe;to hack your weekend with healthy habits.", "Basketball.to strike the arm of (an opposing ball handler):He got a penalty for hacking the shooter.", "British.to kick or kick at the shins of (an opposing player) in Rugby football.", "South Midland and Southern U.S.to embarrass, annoy, or disconcert."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make rough cuts or notches; deal cutting blows.", "to cough harshly, usually in short and repeated spasms.", "Computers.to modify a computer program or electronic device in a skillful or clever way:It's pretty easy to hack with scripts.to hack around with HTML;It's pretty easy to hack with scripts.to break into a network, computer, file, etc., often with malicious intent:Students tried to hack into their school server to change their grades.", "to modify a computer program or electronic device in a skillful or clever way:It's pretty easy to hack with scripts.to hack around with HTML;It's pretty easy to hack with scripts.", "to break into a network, computer, file, etc., often with malicious intent:Students tried to hack into their school server to change their grades.", "Tennis.to take a poor, ineffective, or awkward swing at the ball.to play tennis at a mediocre level.", "to take a poor, ineffective, or awkward swing at the ball.", "to play tennis at a mediocre level.", "British.to kick or kick at an opponent's in Rugby football."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a cut, gash, or notch.", "a tool, as an ax, hoe, or pick, for hacking.", "an act or instance of hacking; a cutting blow.", "a short, rasping dry cough.", "a hesitation in speech.", "Computers.a piece of code that modifies a computer program in a skillful or clever way:software hacks.an act or instance of breaking into a network, computer, file, etc., often with malicious intent (often used attributively):a hack on our system;a recent hack attack.", "a piece of code that modifies a computer program in a skillful or clever way:software hacks.", "an act or instance of breaking into a network, computer, file, etc., often with malicious intent (often used attributively):a hack on our system;a recent hack attack.", "Informal.a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing something:hacks for holiday entertaining;parenting hacks.", "Curling.an indentation made in the ice at the foot score, for supporting the foot in delivering the stone.", "British.a gash in the skin produced by a kick, as in Rugby football."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang.to pass the time idly; indulge in idle talk."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person, such as an artist or writer, who exploits their creative ability or training in the production of dull, unimaginative, and trite work; one who produces banal and mediocre work for money in the hope of gaining commercial success in the arts:As a painter, he was little more than a hack.", "a professional who renounces or surrenders individual independence, integrity, belief, etc., in return for money or other reward in the performance of a task normally thought of as involving a strong personal commitment:The senator was widely considered a mere political hack.", "a writer who works on the staff of a publisher at a dull or routine task; someone who works as a literary drudge:He was one among the many hacks on Grub Street.Synonyms: scribbler", "British.a horse kept for common hire or adapted for general work, especially ordinary riding.a saddle horse used for transportation, rather than for show, hunting, or the like.", "a horse kept for common hire or adapted for general work, especially ordinary riding.", "a saddle horse used for transportation, rather than for show, hunting, or the like.", "an old or worn-out horse; jade .", "a coach or carriage kept for hire; hackney .", "Informal.a taxi.Also .a cabdriver.", "a taxi.", "Also .a cabdriver.", "Slang.a prison guard."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make a hack of; let out for hire.Synonyms: rent , lease", "to make trite or stale by frequent use; hackney."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Informal.to drive a taxi.", "to ride or drive on the road at an ordinary pace, as distinguished from cross-country riding or racing.", "British.to rent a horse, especially by the hour."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["hired as a hack; of a hired sort:a hack writer; hack work.", "hackneyed ; trite ; banal :hack writing."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a rack for drying food, as fish.", "a rack for holding fodder for livestock.", "a low pile of unburnt bricks in the course of drying."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.", "Falconry.to train (a young hawk) by letting it fly freely and feeding it at a hack board hack boardor a hack house hack house."]}]