(hak) v.t.
1. To cut or chop crudely or irregularly, as with an ax or sword.
2. To break up, as clods of earth.
3. In basketball, to strike (an opposing player) on the arm.
4. In Rugby football, to kick (an opposing player) in the shins.
—v.i.
5. To make cuts or notches with heavy, crude blows.
6. To emit short, dry coughs. See synonyms under CUT.
—to hack it Slang To cope with it; do it.
—noun
1. A gash, cut, or nick made by or as by a sharp instrument.
2. An ax or other tool for hacking.
3. A kick on the shins, as in Rugby football.
4. A short, dry cough. [OE haccian cut]
—hack′er noun

(hak) noun
1. A horse for hire.
2. A horse used for general work or for ordinary riding, as distinguished from one bred or trained for special use.
3. An old, worn–out horse.
4. A hackney coach.
5. A taxicab.
6. A writer who hires himself out for any kind of writing jobs; a literary drudge.
—v.t.
1. To let out for hire, as a horse.
2. To make stale or trite by constant use; hackney.
—v.i.
3. Colloq. To drive a taxicab.
4. Brit. To ride on or move at the pace of a hack (noun def. 2).
—adjective
1. Of or designated for a hack: a hack stand.
2. For hire or drudging work: a hack horse; a hack writer.
3. Done by a hack; requiring drudgery: a hack job.
4. Trite; hackneyed. [<HACKNEY]

(hak) noun
1. A frame or rack on which to dry cheese, fish, bricks, etc.
2. A row of bricks laid out to dry.
3. A pile of green brick. [Var. of HATCH¹]