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Hack

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Noun

1. drudge, hack, hacker

one who works hard at boring tasks

2. hack, machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler

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

3. hack, hack writer, literary hack

a mediocre and disdained writer

4. hack

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

5. cab, hack, taxi, taxicab

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

6. hack, jade, nag, plug

an old or over-worked horse

7. hack

a horse kept for hire

8. hack

a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

Verb

9. chop, hack

cut with a hacking tool

10. cut, hack

be able to manage or manage successfully

Example Sentences:
'I can't hack it anymore'
'she could not cut the long days in the office'

11. hack

cut away

Example Sentences:
'he hacked his way through the forest'

12. hack

kick on the arms

13. hack

kick on the shins

14. hack, hack on

fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

Example Sentences:
'I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best'

15. cut up, hack

significantly cut up a manuscript

16. hack, whoop

cough spasmodically

Example Sentences:
'The patient with emphysema is hacking all day'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hack

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verb
1. (when intr, usually foll by at or away)
to cut or chop (at) irregularly, roughly, or violently
2. 
to cut and clear (a way, path, etc), as through undergrowth
3. 
(in sport, esp rugby) to foul (an opposing player) by kicking or striking his or her shins
4. basketball
to commit the foul of striking (an opposing player) on the arm
5. (intransitive)
to cough in short dry spasmodic bursts
6. (transitive)
to reduce or cut (a story, article, etc) in a damaging way
7. 
to manipulate a computer program skilfully, esp, to gain unauthorized access to another computer system
8. (transitive) slang
to tolerate; cope with
I joined the army but I couldn't hack it
9.  hack to bits
noun
10. 
a cut, chop, notch, or gash, esp as made by a knife or axe
11. 
any tool used for shallow digging, such as a mattock or pick
12. 
a chopping blow
13. 
a dry spasmodic cough
14. 
a kick on the shins, as in rugby
15. 
a wound from a sharp kick
16. informal
an adjustment, esp to a computer program, performed to resolve a specific problem
noun
1. 
a horse kept for riding or (more rarely) for driving
2. 
an old, ill-bred, or overworked horse
3. 
a horse kept for hire
4. British
a country ride on horseback
5. 
a drudge
6. 
a person who produces mediocre literary or journalistic work
7. Also called: hackney US
a coach or carriage that is for hire
8. Also called: hackie US informal
a. 
a cab driver
b. 
a taxi
verb
9. British
to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure
10. (transitive)
to let (a horse) out for hire
11. (transitive) informal
to write (an article) as or in the manner of a hack
12. (intransitive) US informal
to drive a taxi
adjective
13. (prenominal)
banal, mediocre, or unoriginal
hack writing
noun
1. 
a rack used for fodder for livestock
2. 
a board on which meat is placed for a hawk
3. 
a pile or row of unfired bricks stacked to dry
verb (transitive)
4. 
to place (fodder) in a hack
5. 
to place (bricks) in a hack

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hack

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verb transitive
1. 
a. 
to chop or cut crudely, roughly, or irregularly, as with a hatchet
b. 
to shape, trim, damage, etc. with or as with rough, sweeping strokes
2. 
to break up (land) as with a hoe or mattock
3.  US, Slang
to deal with or carry out successfully
4.  US, Slang
to annoy or irritate
usually with off
5.  US, Basketball
to foul by striking the arm of (an opponent who has the ball) with the hand or arm
6.  Rugby
to foul by kicking (an opponent) on the shins
verb intransitive
7. 
to make rough or irregular cuts
8. 
to give harsh, dry coughs
9.  US, Basketball
to hack an opponent
noun
10. 
a tool for cutting or hacking, as an ax, hoe, mattock, etc.
11. 
a slash, gash, or notch made by a sharp implement
12. 
a hacking blow
13. 
a harsh, dry cough
noun
1. 
a. 
a horse for hire
b. 
a horse for all sorts of work
c. 
a saddle horse
d. 
an old, worn-out horse
2. 
a person hired to do routine, often dull, writing; literary drudge
3.  US
a worker for a political party, usually holding office through patronage and serving devotedly and unquestioningly
4. 
a carriage or coach for hire
5.  Informal
a. 
a taxicab
b. 
a hackman or cabdriver
verb transitive
6. 
to employ as a hack
7. 
to hire out (a horse, etc.)
8. 
to wear out or make stale by constant use
verb intransitive
9.  British
to jog along on a horse
10.  US, Informal
to drive a taxicab
11.  Computing
to be a hacker (sense 3)
adjective
12. 
employed as a hack
a hack writer
13. 
done by a hack
a hack job
14. 
stale; trite; hackneyed
hack writing
noun
1. 
a grating or rack for drying cheese or fish, holding food for cattle, etc.
verb transitive
2. 
to place on a hack for drying

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hack

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v. hacked, hack·ing, hacks
v.tr.
1. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows: hacked down the saplings.
2. To make or shape by hitting or chopping with a sharp implement: hacked a trail through the forest.
3. To break up the surface of (soil).
4.
a. To alter (a computer program): hacked her text editor to read HTML.
b. To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization: hacked the firm's personnel database.
5. Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking: hacked millions off the budget.
6. Slang To cope with successfully; manage: couldn't hack a second job.
v.intr.
1. To chop or cut something by hacking.
2.
a. To write or refine computer programs skillfully.
b. To use one's skill in computer programming to gain illegal or unauthorized access to a file or network: hacked into the company's intranet.
3. To cough roughly or harshly.
n.
1. A rough, irregular cut made by hacking.
2. A tool, such as a hoe, used for hacking.
3. A blow made by hacking.
4. An attempt to hit a baseball; a swing of the bat.
5.
a. An instance of gaining unauthorized access to a computer file or network.
b. A program that makes use of existing often proprietary software, adding new features to it.
c. A clever modification or improvement.
6. A rough, dry cough.
n.
1. A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney.
2. A worn-out horse for hire; a jade.
3.
a. One who undertakes unpleasant or distasteful tasks for money or reward; a hireling.
b. A writer hired to produce routine or commercial writing.
4. A carriage or hackney for hire.
5. Informal
a. A taxicab.
b. See hackie.
v. hacked, hack·ing, hacks
v.tr.
1. To let out (a horse) for hire.
2. To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
v.intr.
1. To drive a taxicab for a living.
2. To work for hire as a writer.
3. To ride on horseback at an ordinary pace.
adj.
1. By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing: hack prose.
2. Hackneyed; banal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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