· one who works hard at boring tasks
Hypernym(s): unskilled_person
· a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
Synonym(s): machine_politician, ward-heeler, political_hack
Hypernym(s): politician, politico, pol, political_leader
· a mediocre and disdained writer
Synonym(s): hack_writer, literary_hack
· a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
Hypernym(s): tool
· a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Synonym(s): cab, taxi, taxicab
Hypernym(s): car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
· an old or over-worked horse
Hypernym(s): horse, Equus_caballus
· a horse kept for hire
Hypernym(s): horse, Equus_caballus
· a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
Hypernym(s): saddle_horse, riding_horse, mount
· cut with a hacking tool
Synonym(s): chop
Hypernym(s): cut
· be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
Synonym(s): cut
Hypernym(s): cope, get_by, make_out, make_do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
· cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"
Hypernym(s): cut
· kick on the arms
Hypernym(s): foul
· kick on the shins
Hypernym(s): foul
· fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
Synonym(s): hack_on
Hypernym(s): program, programme
· significantly cut up a manuscript
Synonym(s): cut_up
· cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
Synonym(s): whoop
Hypernym(s): cough