The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hack \Hack\, n.
A notch; a cut.
--Shak.An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
--Dr. H. More.(Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
--T. Hughes.(Computers) A clever computer program or routine within a program to accomplish an objective in a non-obvious fashion.
(Computers) A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.
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A taxicab. [informal]
Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of hacksaw English)
Usage examples of "hack saw".
I took a coronium hack saw that will eat through niolyodenum steel like so much cheese, and it just wore its teeth off.
A common hack saw would have broken on those laminated steel rods in the first thirty seconds of sawing.