Word: hacking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hack
ing
Definition: A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
Morphemes:
Affix: hack
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A dry cough. Coughing without expectoration of sputum.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.