hack

Cough spasmodically.

“The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”

Cut away.

“he hacked his way through the forest”

Kick on the arms.

Kick on the shins.

Cut with a hacking tool.

Be able to manage or manage successfully.

“I can't hack it anymore”

Significantly cut up a manuscript.

Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works.

“I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best”

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

A horse kept for hire.

A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

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

An old or over-worked horse.

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

A mediocre and disdained writer.

One who works hard at boring tasks.