A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
A hack was a general purpose riding horse, but a "Hackney Coach" might be called simply a hack as an abbreviated form of the name.
A good, light riding horse. The expression "going for a hack" or "hacking" means riding for pleasure.
As a verb, to alter some aspect of a program or an operating system through manipulation of its code rather than through operation of the program itself – for example, to switch the default system font in the Apple Macintosh operating system from Chicago to Helvetica. As a noun, a sloppy job or the act of altering the code in a program, usually without taking the time to find an elegant solution.
(i) A type rather than a breed, hacks are elegant riding horses, popular in the show ring in England. (ii) "to hack" i.e. to go for a ride.
an old or over-worked horse
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
a buggy but has two or three seats and is drawn by two horses
a carriage or coach for hire
a carriage or vehicle for hire
a "mere scribbler" or a "literary drudge" who produces second-rate work for money
an elegant and intelligent approach and solution to a problem
an elegant type of show horse, usually a Thoroughbred or a Thoroughbred and Anglo
a "non-obvious solution to an interesting problem
a non-standard solution to a problem, it's as simple as that
a solution that has seemingly magical properties
A light weight riding horse or "to go for a hack" means to go for an undemanding ride, a walk or slow canter
A horse used for riding at an ordinary gait over roads and trails. Over 15 hand
An elegant or creative solution to a computing problem executed by acquired knowledge, skill, and experience rather than by authorized or documented means. To perform, or attempt to perform, such a computing solution successfully.