"hack" noun one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: drudge (http://word.sc/drudge), hacker (http://word.sc/hacker)] a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends [syn: machine politician (http://word.sc/machine politician), ward-heeler (http://word.sc/ward-heeler), political hack (http://word.sc/political hack)] a mediocre and disdained writer [syn: hack writer (http://word.sc/hack writer), literary hack (http://word.sc/literary hack)] 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: cab (http://word.sc/cab), taxi (http://word.sc/taxi), taxicab (http://word.sc/taxicab)] an old or over-worked horse [syn: jade (http://word.sc/jade), nag (http://word.sc/nag), plug (http://word.sc/plug)] a horse kept for hire a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. verb cut with a hacking tool [syn: chop (http://word.sc/chop)] 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: cut (http://word.sc/cut)] 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: hack on (http://word.sc/hack on)] significantly cut up a manuscript [syn: cut up (http://word.sc/cut up)] cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" [syn: whoop (http://word.sc/whoop)] Source: http://www.word.sc/hack

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