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Quick definitions from WordNet (hack)
▸ noun: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
▸ noun: a horse kept for hire
▸ noun: an old or over-worked horse
▸ noun: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
▸ noun: one who works hard at boring tasks
▸ noun: a mediocre and disdained writer
▸ noun: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
▸ noun: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
▸ verb: informal: be able to manage or manage successfully ("I can't hack it anymore")
▸ verb: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works ("I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best")
▸ verb: cough spasmodically ("The patient with emphysema is hacking all day")
▸ verb: kick on the shins
▸ verb: kick on the arms
▸ verb: cut away ("He hacked with way through the forest")
▸ verb: significantly cut up a manuscript
▸ verb: cut with a hacking tool
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6758)
▸ Also see hacks
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▸ Idioms related to hack (New!)
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▸ Rhymes of hack
▸ Invented words related to hack
▸ noun: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
▸ noun: a horse kept for hire
▸ noun: an old or over-worked horse
▸ noun: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
▸ noun: one who works hard at boring tasks
▸ noun: a mediocre and disdained writer
▸ noun: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
▸ noun: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
▸ verb: informal: be able to manage or manage successfully ("I can't hack it anymore")
▸ verb: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works ("I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best")
▸ verb: cough spasmodically ("The patient with emphysema is hacking all day")
▸ verb: kick on the shins
▸ verb: kick on the arms
▸ verb: cut away ("He hacked with way through the forest")
▸ verb: significantly cut up a manuscript
▸ verb: cut with a hacking tool
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6758)
▸ Also see hacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to hack
▸ Usage examples for hack
▸ Idioms related to hack (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing hack
▸ Words that often appear near hack
▸ Rhymes of hack
▸ Invented words related to hack