hack

Nouns

  • (n) one who works hard at boring tasks drudge, hacker,
  • (n) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler,
  • (n) a mediocre and disdained writer hack writer, literary hack,
  • (n) a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
  • (n) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money taxi, taxicab, cab,
  • (n) an old or over-worked horse nag, jade, plug,
  • (n) a horse kept for hire
  • (n) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

Verbs

  • (v) cut with a hacking tool chop,
  • (v) be able to manage or manage successfully
    • I can't hack it anymore
    • she could not cut the long days in the office
    cut,
  • (v) cut away
    • he hacked his way through the forest
  • (v) kick on the arms
  • (v) kick on the shins
  • (v) fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
    • I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
    hack on,
  • (v) significantly cut up a manuscript cut up,
  • (v) cough spasmodically
    • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
    whoop,

Synonyms

drudge hacker chop machine politician political hack ward-heeler cut hack writer literary hack taxi taxicab cab hack on nag jade plug cut up whoop

See also

chop down chop chop up chop off lop off cut off

Words of close approximity

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hadj haem haft Hahn haik hail hair haji hajj hake Hale half hall halm halo Hals halt hame hand hang Hani hank hard hare hark harm harp hart hash hasp hate haul have hawk Hays haze hazy
hackamore hackberry hackbut hack driver hack-driver hackee Hackelia hacker hackle hackles hackmatack hackney hackney carriage hackney coach hackneyed hack on hacksaw hack saw hackwork hack writer