hack
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Definitions
Noun
one who works hard at boring tasks
Noun
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
Noun
a mediocre and disdained writer
Noun
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
Noun
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Noun
an old or over-worked horse
Noun
a horse kept for hire
Noun
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
Verb
cut with a hacking tool
Verb
be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can''t hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
Verb
cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"
Verb
kick on the arms
Verb
kick on the shins
Verb
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I''m not very good at hacking but I''ll give it my best"
Verb
significantly cut up a manuscript
Verb
cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
Synonyms
cab
chop
cut
cut up
drudge
hack on
hack writer
hacker
jade
literary hack
machine politician
nag
plug
political hack
taxi
taxicab
ward-heeler
whoop