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Hack saw   /hæk sɔ/   Listen
noun
Hack  n.  
1.
A notch; a cut.
2.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
3.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
4.
(Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
5.
(Computers) A clever computer program or routine within a program to accomplish an objective in a non-obvious fashion.
6.
(Computers) A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.
7.
A taxicab. (informal)
Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.





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"Hack saw" Quotes from Famous Books



... coronium hack saw that will eat through molybdenum steel like so much cheese, and it just wore its teeth off. I tried some of those diamond rotary saws you have, attached to an electric motor, and it wore out the diamonds. That got my goat, so I tried using a little force. I put it in the tension ...
— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell
... "Hack saw lent. Wheel buzzy preparation. In trol room few deriding hulp needed." Then O'Reilly floated ...
— High Dragon Bump • Don Thompson


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