noun
Someone who hacks.
Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
noun
(US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
verb
(intransitive, chiefly British, dialectal, archaic) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; to stammer, to stutter; also, to mumble and procrastinate in one's speech; to hem and haw.