Dictionary entry details
• HACK (noun)
Meaning:
One who works hard at boring tasks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
drudge; hack; hacker
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hack"):
plodder; slogger (someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours)
Meaning:
A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ward-heeler; machine politician; political hack; hack
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
Meaning:
A mediocre and disdained writer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hack writer; literary hack; hack
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Holonyms ("hack" is a member of...):
Grub Street (the world of literary hacks)
Meaning:
A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Meaning:
A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
taxi; taxicab; cab; hack
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hack"):
gypsy cab (a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls)
minicab (a minicar used as a taxicab)
Holonyms ("hack" is a member of...):
fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)
Meaning:
An old or over-worked horse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
nag; jade; hack; plug
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Meaning:
A horse kept for hire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Meaning:
A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("hack" is a kind of...):
mount; riding horse; saddle horse (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)
• HACK (verb)
Meaning:
Cut with a hacking tool
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hack; chop
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hack"):
ax; axe (chop or split with an ax)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs hack the vegetables
Meaning:
Be able to manage or manage successfully
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
hack; cut
Context examples:
I can't hack it anymore / she could not cut the long days in the office
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (come to terms or deal successfully with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cut away
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
he hacked his way through the forest
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Kick on the arms
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
foul (commit a foul; break the rules)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Kick on the shins
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
foul (commit a foul; break the rules)
Domain category:
rugby; rugby football; rugger (a form of football played with an oval ball)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
hack on; hack
Context example:
I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
program; programme (write a computer program)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Significantly cut up a manuscript
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cut up; hack
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't hack the story
Meaning:
Cough spasmodically
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
whoop; hack
Context example:
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
Hypernyms (to "hack" is one way to...):
cough (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
