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

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