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Meaning & Definition of Hack in English

English

Hack

/hæk/

noun

1. One who works hard at boring tasks

synonym:
  • hack,
  • drudge,
  • hacker

2. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

synonym:
  • machine politician,
  • ward-heeler,
  • political hack,
  • hack

3. A mediocre and disdained writer

synonym:
  • hack,
  • hack writer,
  • literary hack

4. A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

synonym:
  • hack

5. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

synonym:
  • cab,
  • hack,
  • taxi,
  • taxicab

6. An old or over-worked horse

synonym:
  • hack,
  • jade,
  • nag,
  • plug

7. A horse kept for hire

synonym:
  • hack

8. A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

synonym:
  • hack

verb

1. Cut with a hacking tool

synonym:
  • chop,
  • hack

2. Be able to manage or manage successfully

  • "I can't hack it anymore"
  • "She could not cut the long days in the office"
synonym:
  • hack,
  • cut

3. Cut away

  • "He hacked his way through the forest"
synonym:
  • hack

4. Kick on the arms

synonym:
  • hack

5. Kick on the shins

synonym:
  • hack

6. Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

  • "I'm not very good at hacking but i'll give it my best"
synonym:
  • hack,
  • hack on

7. Significantly cut up a manuscript

synonym:
  • hack,
  • cut up

8. Cough spasmodically

  • "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
synonym:
  • hack,
  • whoop