hacking

The term hacking has a number of meanings, not always very well-defined:

In connection with computers and computer software, see hack and hacker.
A reference to working as a taxicab driver (because a taxicab can be called a hack, a shortened form of hackney carriage)
To attack something with a blade in an imprecise manner - "hacking down the tall grass with a machete"
To ride a horse cross-country
Coughing
A category of computer and video game, hack and slash, consists of repeatedly killing a large number of monsters, typically in a world with a medieval theme
Playing footbag
In rugby football, kicking an opponent in the shins
In University slang at MIT and elsewhere, Urban exploration ("roof and tunnel hacking") and pranking
To drive fast in British slang, e.g. " I was hacking up the M1..."

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