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Definitions and Meaning of hack in English
hack (n)
one who works hard at boring tasks
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
a mediocre and disdained writer
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
an old or over-worked horse
a horse kept for hire
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
hack (v)
cut with a hacking tool
be able to manage or manage successfully
cut away
kick on the arms
kick on the shins
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
significantly cut up a manuscript
cough spasmodically
hack (n.)
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
A notch; a cut.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
A kick on the shins.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
A procuress.
A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
hack (v. t.)
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
hack (v. i.)
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.
hack (a.)
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
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hack
one who works hard at boring tasks, a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends, a mediocre a
address,handle,manage,manipulate,Negotiate,take,treatment,come to grips with,contend (with),cope (with)
botch,blunder,Fumble,make a mistake,goof up,mess (up),mishandle,muff,scamp,Foozle
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