Definition of Hack
1. Noun. One who works hard at boring tasks.
Generic synonyms: Unskilled Person
Specialized synonyms: Plodder, Slogger
Derivative terms: Drudge
2. Verb. Cut with a hacking tool. "The chefs hack the vegetables"
Specialized synonyms: Ax, Axe
Generic synonyms: Cut
Also: Chop Down, Chop Off, Chop Up
Derivative terms: Chopper, Chopper
3. Noun. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.
Generic synonyms: Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico
4. Verb. Be able to manage or manage successfully. ; "She could not cut the long days in the office"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Cope, Deal, Get By, Grapple, Make Do, Make Out, Manage
5. Noun. A mediocre and disdained writer.
Group relationships: Grub Street
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
6. Verb. Cut away. "He hacked his way through the forest"
7. Noun. A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil.
8. Verb. Kick on the arms.
9. Noun. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.
Generic synonyms: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Specialized synonyms: Gypsy Cab, Minicab
Group relationships: Fleet
Derivative terms: Taxi
10. Verb. Kick on the shins.
11. Noun. An old or over-worked horse.
12. Verb. Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works. "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
13. Noun. A horse kept for hire.
14. Verb. Significantly cut up a manuscript. "They won't hack the story "
15. Noun. A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc..
16. Verb. Cough spasmodically. ; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
Definition of Hack
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
4. n. A notch; a cut.
5. n. 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.
6. a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
7. v. t. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
8. v. i. To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
9. v. i. 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.
10. v. t. To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
11. n. A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
Definition of Hack
1. to cut or chop roughly [v -ED, -ING, -S] : HACKABLE [adj]
Medical Definition of Hack
1. 1. 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. 2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying. See: Hatch a half door. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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