WordDictionary

Adjective:

• literary Having or requiring little talent.

Noun:

• A dry cough.
• A food-rack for cattle.
• A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
• A hacking blow.
• A rack used to dry bricks.
• A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.
• baseball A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
• computing An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
• computing An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
• computing A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
• computing|slang An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
• falconry A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
• curling The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
• obsolete A mattock or a miner's pick.
• obsolete An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.
• pejorative An untalented writer.
• pejorative A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
• pejorative One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
• politics A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
• slang A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
• military Time check.

Verb:

• baseball To swing at a pitched ball.
• computing To accomplish a difficult programming task.
• computing To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that is inelegant or that makes the program harder to maintain.
• falconry To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
• dated To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
• ice hockey To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
• ice hockey To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
• computing To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a crack.
• To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
• To cough noisily.
• To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
• To play hackeysack.
• To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
• To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
• To work on an intimately technical level.