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hack - an old or over-worked horse |
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jade,
nag,
plug |
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equus caballus,
horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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hack - a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil |
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tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation
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hack - one who works hard at boring tasks |
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drudge,
hacker |
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unskilled person a person who lacks technical training
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plodder,
slogger someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"
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hack - a mediocre and disdained writer |
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author,
writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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grub street the world of literary hacks
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hack - a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. |
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mount,
riding horse,
saddle horse a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount"
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hack - a horse kept for hire |
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equus caballus,
horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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| verb |
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hack - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" |
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program,
programme arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"
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hack - kick on the shins |
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foul become soiled and dirty
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rugby,
rugby football,
rugger a form of football played with an oval ball
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hack - kick on the arms |
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foul become soiled and dirty
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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
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hack - cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" |
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cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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hack - cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" |
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whoop |
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cough exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
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hack - significantly cut up a manuscript |
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edit,
redact prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
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hack - be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
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cut |
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contend,
cope,
deal,
get by,
grapple,
make do,
make out,
manage maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
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