hack has definitions from the fields of zoology,transportation,writing,politics,computer science,rugby football,games,basketball
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[ noun ] one who works hard at boring tasks

Synonyms

hacker drudge

Used in print

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

Nor will the hack , the Jack-of-all-trades , still found in some of the smaller art_schools , suffice .

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[ verb ] cut with a tool

Synonyms

chop

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

Payne hacked at their arms .

Related terms

cut ax chop cut_off chop_down

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[ 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

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[ 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"

Related terms

program hacker

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[ noun ] (zoology) a horse kept for hire

Related terms

horse

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[ noun ] (writing) a mediocre and disdained writer

Related terms

writer Grub_Street

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[ verb ] cough spasmodically

Synonyms

whoop

Examples

"The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

Related terms

cough

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[ verb ] (writing) significantly cut up a manuscript

Synonyms

cut_up

Related terms

edit

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[ noun ] (politics) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

Related terms

politician

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[ verb ] (rugby football,games) kick on the shins; in rugby

Related terms

foul rugby

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[ verb ] (basketball,games) kick on the arms; in basketball

Related terms

foul basketball

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[ noun ] (zoology) an old or over-worked horse

Synonyms

nag plug jade

Related terms

horse tire

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[ verb ] cut away

Examples

"he hacked with way through the forest"

Related terms

cut

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[ 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"

Related terms

cope

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

Related terms

tool

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6758
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[ noun ] (zoology) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

Related terms

saddle_horse

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