Definitions for hack

Definitions for (noun) hack

Main entry: hack

Definition: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.


Main entry: hack

Definition: a horse kept for hire


Main entry: hack, plug, nag, jade

Definition: an old or over-worked horse


Main entry: cab, taxi, taxicab, hack

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


Main entry: hack

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


Main entry: hack, hacker, drudge

Definition: one who works hard at boring tasks


Main entry: hack, hack writer, literary hack

Definition: a mediocre and disdained writer


Main entry: machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler, hack

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


Definitions for (verb) hack

Main entry: hack, whoop

Definition: cough spasmodically

Usage: The patient with emphysema is hacking all day


Main entry: hack, cut up

Definition: significantly cut up a manuscript


Main entry: hack, hack on

Definition: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

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


Main entry: hack

Definition: kick on the shins


Main entry: hack

Definition: kick on the arms


Main entry: chop, hack

Definition: cut with a hacking tool


Main entry: hack

Definition: cut away

Usage: he hacked his way through the forest


Main entry: cut, hack

Definition: be able to manage or manage successfully

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


Visual thesaurus for hack