How to pronounce "hack"

• "Hack" pronounced in German.

• "hack" pronounced in German.

• "hack" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "hack"

Noun

one who works hard at boring tasks

Synonyms:

• hack
• drudge
• hacker

Noun

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
• hack

Noun

a mediocre and disdained writer

Synonyms:

• hack
• hack writer
• literary hack

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• hack

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• cab
• hack
• taxi
• taxicab

Noun

an old or over-worked horse

Synonyms:

• hack
• jade
• nag
• plug

Noun

a horse kept for hire

Synonyms:

• hack

Noun

a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

Synonyms:

• hack

Verb

cut with a hacking tool

Synonyms:

• chop
• hack

Verb

be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

Synonyms:

• hack
• cut

Verb

cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"

Synonyms:

• hack

Verb

kick on the arms

Synonyms:

• hack

Verb

kick on the shins

Synonyms:

• hack

Verb

fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

Synonyms:

• hack
• hack on

Verb

significantly cut up a manuscript

Synonyms:

• hack
• cut up

Verb

cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

Synonyms:

• hack
• whoop