HACK





Definition:

  1. [noun] one who works hard at boring tasks
    Synonyms: drudge, er

  2. [noun] a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
    Synonyms: machine politician, ward-heeler, political

  3. [noun] a mediocre and disdained writer
    Synonyms: writer, literary

  4. [noun] a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil

  5. [noun] a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
    Synonyms: cab, taxi, taxicab

  6. [noun] an old or over-worked horse
    Synonyms: jade, nag, plug

  7. [noun] a horse kept for hire

  8. [noun] a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

  9. [verb] cut with a hacking tool
    Synonyms: chop

  10. [verb] informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
    Synonyms: cut

  11. [verb] cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest"

  12. [verb] kick on the arms

  13. [verb] kick on the shins

  14. [verb] fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
    Synonyms: on

  15. [verb] significantly cut up a manuscript
    Synonyms: cut up

  16. [verb] cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
    Synonyms: whoop

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