Some meat for hacks (5)
I believe the answer is:
chops
'hacks' is the definition.
('chop' can be a synonym of 'hack')
'some meat for' is the wordplay.
'some meat' becomes 'chop' (chop is a kind of meat).
'for' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chop'+'s'='CHOPS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chops that I've seen before include "trap" , "Cuts; slices of meat" , "Hacks" , "Axes" , "Cuts of meat including part of a rib" .)