 hack |
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| 1. | [ noun ] one who works hard at boring tasks | |
| Synonyms: | hacker drudge | |
| Related terms: | unskilled_person plodder labor | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cut with a tool | |
| Synonyms: | chop | |
| Related terms: | cut ax chop cut_off chop_down | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (transportation) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | |
| Synonyms: | taxi taxicab cab | |
| Related terms: | car gypsy_cab minicab fleet taxi | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (computer science) fix a computer program piecemeal until it works | |
| Synonyms: | hack_on | |
| Examples: | "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" |
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| Related terms: | program hacker | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (zoology) a horse kept for hire | |
| Related terms: | horse | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (writing) a mediocre and disdained writer | |
| Synonyms: | literary_hack hack_writer | |
| Related terms: | writer Grub_Street | |
| 7. | [ verb ] cough spasmodically | |
| Synonyms: | whoop | |
| Examples: | "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" |
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| Related terms: | cough | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (writing) significantly cut up a manuscript | |
| Synonyms: | cut_up | |
| Related terms: | edit | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (politics) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends | |
| Synonyms: | ward-heeler political_hack machine_politician | |
| Related terms: | politician | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (rugby football,games) kick on the shins; in rugby | |
| Related terms: | foul rugby | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (basketball,games) kick on the arms; in basketball | |
| Related terms: | foul basketball | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (zoology) an old or over-worked horse | |
| Synonyms: | nag plug jade | |
| Related terms: | horse tire | |
| 13. | [ verb ] cut away | |
| Examples: | "he hacked with way through the forest" |
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| Related terms: | cut | |
| 14. | [ verb ] informal: be able to manage or manage successfully | |
| Synonyms: | cut | |
| Examples: | "I can't hack it anymore" "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
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| Related terms: | cope | |
| 15. | [ noun ] a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil | |
| Related terms: | tool | |
| 16. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6758 | |
| 17. | [ noun ] (zoology) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. | |
| Related terms: | saddle_horse | |
| Similar spelling: |
Haack Haeck haick Hauck hackee Haacke Haak haik Hauk hake hawk hacksaw Haake Hayek haiku Hawks Hakea Hakka hawky Hawke Hauch Haskew haj hag hash Haag haze Haug Haas hays Haga Hage Hagg Hagy Haws Haig Haus Hass haji hajj Hase hazy |
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