hack

one who works hard at boring tasks

a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

a mediocre and disdained writer

a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

an old or over-worked horse

a horse kept for hire

a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

cut with a hacking tool

be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"

kick on the arms

kick on the shins

fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

significantly cut up a manuscript

cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"