hack-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: Cut with a hacking tool, possibly with the result of physically removing portions.

Commentary: Includes: HACK AT, HACK ON

Examples:
John hacked at the expensive cut of beef with a butter knife.
Hack away at the fat.
Hack away!
John hacked great chunks of hair from his back with safety scissors.
Loggers hacked at the forest, carting away logs in massive trucks.
Thomas hacked on the log in the backyard for most of the afternoon.

Mappings:
VerbNet: build-26.1,cut-21.1-1,split-23.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: hack.01,hack.02,hack.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: Be able to manage, complete, or survive successfully.

Examples:
I can't hack it anymore!
She couldn't hack the long days in the office.
The singer may not be able to hack it with audiences much longer.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Kick another person on the arms or shins.

Examples:
She hacked her opponent viciously throughout the match.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5

Sense Number 4: Fix a computer program; gain access to a computer network via manipulating a computer program.

Commentary: Includes: HACK ON
NOTE: Contains both negative and positive connotations of a similar action.

Examples:
I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best.
He hacked on that program for hours but with no results.
She was the first woman to hack the FBI mainframe.
John spent all night hacking his artificial intelligence program.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: hack.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hack_on 1

Sense Number 5: Significantly edit a manuscript.

Commentary:
NOTE: Subsense of Sense 1 but applies only to written objects.

Examples:
The publisher hacked the manuscript down to half its original length.
My editor really hacked my short story collection.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 6: Cough spasmodically.

Examples:
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day.
I hacked all night long last night.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: hack.05
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8