- hack⇄adj. 1a. working just for the money; hired; drudging.
Ex. a hack writer.
b. done just for the money; of a hired sort.
Ex. a hack job.
2. much in use; hackneyed; trite; commonplace.
Ex. When the old world grows dull, And we - hack⇄expr. hack around, (U.S. Slang.) to fool around; have fun; pass time idly.
Ex. a real great guy, always hacking around and cutting up (Harper's). - hack⇄hack (1), verb, noun.
- hack⇄hack (2), noun, adjective, verb.
- hack⇄hack (3), noun.
a frame or rack, as for holding fodder for cattle, or for drying fish, cheese, or bricks. - hack⇄noun hacker.
- hack⇄noun 1a. a carriage for hire.
Ex. We rode around the park in a hack.
b. (Informal.) a taxi.
Ex. Hacks were waiting at the airport.
2. a horse for hire.
3. an old or worn-out horse; jade.
4. a horse for ordinary rid - hack⇄noun 1a. a rough cut.
Ex. The tree stump was full of hacks from chopping wood.
b. (U.S.) a cut or notch made in a tree to indicate a particular spot or to mark a path in a forest; blaze.
2. a tool or instrument for hacking or cutting, - hack⇄v.i. 1. to make rough or uneven cuts; deal cutting blows.
2. to give short, dry coughs.
3a. (Basketball.) to hit the arm of an opponent who has the ball.
b. (Rugby Football.) to kick an opponent's shin. - hack⇄v.i. 1. to ride on horseback over roads, distinguished from cross-country or military riding.
2a. (Informal.) to drive a taxi.
Ex. the cabby readily confessed, ""I used to hate hacking"" (New Yorker).
b. to drive around. - hack⇄v.t. 1. to cut roughly or unevenly; deal cutting blows to.
Ex. He hacked the meat into jagged, irregular pieces instead of slicing it evenly. ""Our mechanic ... hacked his way through the roof to save a paralyzed woman"" (Newsweek).
2a. to b - hack⇄v.t. 1. to make a hack of; put to indiscriminate use.
2. to make trite or stale by frequent use; hackney.
3. (Figurative.) to write as a hack.
Ex. He hacked out articles for cheap magazines.