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

  synonyms : jade , nag , plug

• (noun) 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

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

• (noun) one who works hard at boring tasks

  synonyms : drudge , hacker

• (noun) a mediocre and disdained writer

  synonyms : hack writer , literary hack

• (noun) 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

• (verb) cough spasmodically

  "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

  synonyms : whoop

• (verb) significantly cut up a manuscript

  synonyms : cut up

• (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 on

• (verb) kick on the shins

• (verb) kick on the arms

• (verb) cut with a hacking tool

  synonyms : chop

• (verb) cut away

  "he hacked his way through the forest"

• (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 : cut

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