The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - hack° v.

1) chop, hew, lacerate, gash, slash, cut; mangle, butcher, mutilate, ruin, destroy, smash, batter, damage, deface: He hacked the furniture to pieces with an axe. 2) bark, cough: She was disgusted by the man's hacking and spitting. --n. 3) cut, gash, slash, chop: He took a hack at the log with his hatchet.