To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows, To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization, To chop or cut something by hacking, noun_ A tool, such as a hoe, used for hacking, A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney, A writer hired to produce routine or commercial writing, adjective_ By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing, Hackneyed; banal