hack
1. one who works hard at boring tasks (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
drudge, hacker
• Derivationally related forms:
drudge (for: drudge)
• Hypernyms:
unskilled person
• Hyponyms:
plodder, slogger
2. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
• Syn:
machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack
• Hypernyms:
politician, politico, pol, political leader
3. a mediocre and disdained writer
• Syn:
hack writer, literary hack
• Hypernyms:
writer, author
• Member Holonyms:
Grub Street
4. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
• Hypernyms:
tool
5. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Syn:
cab, taxi, taxicab
• Derivationally related forms:
taxi (for: taxi)
• Hypernyms:
car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
• Hyponyms:
gypsy cab, minicab
• Member Holonyms:
fleet
6. an old or over-worked horse
• Syn:
jade, nag, plug
• Derivationally related forms:
jade (for: jade)
• Hypernyms:
horse, Equus caballus
7. a horse kept for hire
• Hypernyms:
horse, Equus caballus
8. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
• Hypernyms:
saddle horse, riding horse, mount
1. cut with a hacking tool (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
chop
• See Also:
chop down (for: chop), chop up (for: chop), chop off (for: chop)
• Derivationally related forms:
chopper (for: chop)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Hyponyms:
axe, ax
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The chefs hack the vegetables
2. be able to manage or manage successfully
- I can't hack it anymore
- she could not cut the long days in the office
• Syn:
cut
• Hypernyms:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. cut away
- he hacked his way through the forest
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. kick on the arms
• Topics:
basketball, basketball game, hoops
• Hypernyms:
foul
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. kick on the shins
• Topics:
rugby, rugby football, rugger
• Hypernyms:
foul
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
• Syn:
hack on
• Derivationally related forms:
hacker
• Hypernyms:
program, programme
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s
7. significantly cut up a manuscript
• Syn:
cut up
• Hypernyms:
edit, redact
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They won't hack the story
8. cough spasmodically
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
• Syn:
whoop
• Hypernyms:
cough
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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