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Definition 1:
To cut (something or someone) many times and usually in a rough and violent way. + obj no obj see also hack off (below).
Examples:
He hacked [=chopped] the tree down with an ax. = He hacked down the tree with an ax.
The victim had been hacked to death.
The table had been hacked to pieces.
He hacked (away) at the tree with an ax.
Definition 2:
To make (a path) by cutting plants .
Examples:
They used a machete to hack a path through the jungle.
They hacked their way through the jungle.
Definition 3:
To manage or deal with (something) successfully usually used in negative statements often used in the phrase hack it .
Examples:
He just couldn’t hack the new job.
After two weeks at the new job, he decided that he just couldn’t hack it.
Definition 4:
To cough loudly .
Examples:
I could hear him hacking (away) all night long.
The patient has a hacking cough. [=a loud, dry cough]
Definition 5:
To secretly get access to the files on a computer or network in order to get information, cause damage, etc. no obj + into + obj .
Examples:
She was trying to hack into the network.
Someone hacked into the company’s financial records.
The Web site had been hacked.
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