| NOUN | person | hack, drudge, hacker | one who works hard at boring tasks |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | hack, machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack | a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends | |
| person | hack, hack writer, literary hack | a mediocre and disdained writer | |
| artifact | hack | a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil | |
| artifact | hack, cab, taxi, taxicab | a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | |
| animal | hack, jade, nag, plug | an old or over-worked horse | |
| animal | hack | a horse kept for hire | |
| animal | hack | a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. | |
| VERB | contact | hack, chop | cut with a hacking tool |
| social | hack, cut | be able to manage or manage successfully | |
| contact | hack | cut away | |
| competition | hack | kick on the arms | |
| competition | hack | kick on the shins | |
| change | hack, hack on | fix a computer program piecemeal until it works | |
| change | hack, cut up | significantly cut up a manuscript | |
| body | hack, whoop | cough spasmodically |
| Sounds | hhae'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | One who works hard at boring tasks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | drudge, hacker | |
| Narrower | plodder, slogger | someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours |
| Broader | unskilled person | A person who lacks technical training |
| Spanish | machaca | |
| Meaning | A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack | |
| Broader | politician, politico, pol, political leader | A person active in party politics |
| Meaning | A mediocre and disdained writer. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | hack writer, literary hack | |
| Member of | Grub Street | The world of literary hacks |
| Broader | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
| Spanish | escritor a sueldo | |
| Meaning | A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
| Verbs | hack | cut away |
| hack | cut with a hacking tool | |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | fleet | group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership |
| Narrower | gypsy cab | A taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls |
| minicab | A minicar used as a taxicab | |
| Broader | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
| Spanish | taxímetro, taxi | |
| Catalan | taxi | |
| Meaning | An old or over-worked horse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | jade, nag, plug | |
| Broader | horse, Equus caballus | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
| Spanish | jaco, jamelgo, penco, rocinante, rocín | |
| Catalan | rossí | |
| Meaning | A horse kept for hire. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | horse, Equus caballus | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
| Meaning | A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | saddle horse, riding horse, mount | A lightweight horse kept for riding only |
| Meaning | cut with a hacking tool. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs hack the vegetables | |
| Synonym | chop | |
| Entailed by | pick, break up | attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example |
| Narrower | axe, ax | chop or split with an ax |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | cortar, despedazar, picar, rajar, tajar, trocear | |
| Catalan | estellar, picar, picolar, tallar | |
| Nouns | hack | a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil |
| Meaning | Be able to manage or manage successfully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I can't hack it anymore" | |
| Synonym | cut | |
| Broader | cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage | Come to terms with |
| Meaning | cut away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "he hacked his way through the forest" | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | cortar, dar tajos, despejar | |
| Nouns | hack | a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil |
| Meaning | Kick on the arms. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Category | basketball, basketball game, hoops | A game / game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players |
| Broader | foul | commit a foul |
| Meaning | Kick on the shins. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Category | rugby, rugby football, rugger | A form of football played with an oval ball |
| Broader | foul | commit a foul |
| Spanish | patear las espinillas | |
| Meaning | Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" | |
| Synonym | hack on | |
| Broader | program, programme | Write a computer program |
| Catalan | piratejar | |
| Nouns | hacker | a programmer for whom computing is its own reward |
| Meaning | significantly cut up a manuscript. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They won't hack the story | |
| Synonym | cut up | |
| Broader | edit, redact | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
| Spanish | dar el hacha, tajar | |
| Catalan | tallar | |
| Meaning | cough spasmodically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" | |
| Synonym | whoop | |
| Broader | cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion |
| Spanish | tos convulsiva | |
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