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hack(1) (iou)



hack noun1. [hak] ME.
[Partly from Middle Low German hakke, from hacken HACK verb1; partly from HACK verb1.]
An implement for breaking or chopping up, esp. used in agriculture and mining; spec. a two-pronged tool resembling a mattock. ME.
A cut, a notch; a gash, a wound, (esp. caused by a kick with the toe of a boot); a chap in the skin. LME.
b. Curling. A notch made in the ice, or a metal or wooden insert into the ice, used to steady the foot when delivering a stone. E19.
A hesitation in speech. Now rare. M17.
An act of hacking or chopping, a hacking blow; fig. (N. Amer.) a try, an attempt. M19.
A short dry hard cough. L19.
A spell of, or the action of, hacking on a computer. colloq. L20.