1hack 
/ˈhæk/ verb
hacks; hack·ed; hack·ing /ˈhæk/ verb 1 : to cut (something or someone) many times and usually in a rough and violent way. [+ obj] ▪ 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. [no obj] ▪ He hacked (away) at the tree with an ax. — see also hack off (below) 2 [+ obj] : to make (a path) by cutting plants
▪ They used a machete to hack a path through the jungle. ▪ They hacked their way through the jungle. 3 [+ obj] informal : to manage or deal with (something) successfully — usually used in negative statements ▪ He just couldn't hack the new job. — often used in the phrase hack it ▪ After two weeks at the new job, he decided that he just couldn't hack it. 4 [no obj] : to cough loudly
▪ I could hear him hacking (away) all night long. ▪ The patient has a hacking cough. [=a loud, dry cough] 5 computers : to secretly get access to the files on a computer or network in order to get information, cause damage, etc. [no obj] — + into ▪ She was trying to hack into the network. ▪ Someone hacked into the company's financial records. [+ obj] ▪ The Web site had been hacked.
▪ They used a machete to hack a path through the jungle. ▪ They hacked their way through the jungle.
▪ I could hear him hacking (away) all night long. ▪ The patient has a hacking cough. [=a loud, dry cough]
hack off [phrasal verb] 1 hack (something) off or hack off (something) : to cut (something) off in a rough and violent way
▪ She used an ax to hack the dead branch off (the tree). 2 hack (someone) off also hack off (someone) informal : to make (someone) angry and annoyed
▪ It really hacks me off to see people treated so unfairly. — see also hacked off
▪ She used an ax to hack the dead branch off (the tree).
▪ It really hacks me off to see people treated so unfairly. — see also hacked off
