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[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"hack"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/drudge"]drudge[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/hacker"]hacker[/URL]] [*]a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/machine politician"]machine politician[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/ward-heeler"]ward-heeler[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/political hack"]political hack[/URL]] [*]a mediocre and disdained writer [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/hack writer"]hack writer[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/literary hack"]literary hack[/URL]] [*]a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil [*]a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/cab"]cab[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/taxi"]taxi[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/taxicab"]taxicab[/URL]] [*]an old or over-worked horse [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/jade"]jade[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/nag"]nag[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/plug"]plug[/URL]] [*]a horse kept for hire [*]a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]cut with a hacking tool [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/chop"]chop[/URL]] [*]informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/cut"]cut[/URL]] [*]cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest" [*]kick on the arms [*]kick on the shins [*]fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/hack on"]hack on[/URL]] [*]significantly cut up a manuscript [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/cut up"]cut up[/URL]] [*]cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/whoop"]whoop[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/hack"]http://www.word.sc/hack[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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