Hack Definition
hăk
hacked, hacking, hacks
verb
hacked, hacking, hacks
To make rough or irregular cuts.
Webster's New World
To shape, trim, damage, etc. with or as with rough, sweeping strokes.
Webster's New World
To give harsh, dry coughs.
Webster's New World
To break up (land) as with a hoe or mattock.
Webster's New World
To jog along on a horse.
Webster's New World
noun
hacks
A slash, gash, or notch made by a sharp implement.
Webster's New World
A tool for cutting or hacking, as an ax, hoe, mattock, etc.
Webster's New World
A hacking blow.
Webster's New World
A harsh, dry cough.
Webster's New World
A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney.
American Heritage
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Antonyms:
- literary genius
- literary master
- artist
adjective
By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing.
Hack prose.
American Heritage
Employed as a hack.
A hack writer.
Webster's New World
Done by a hack.
A hack job.
Webster's New World
Stale; trite; hackneyed.
Hack writing.
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idiom
hack around
- to engage in aimless activity; spend time idly
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hack it
- to carry out or manage something successfully
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hack
- hack around
- hack it
Origin of Hack
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Middle English hakken from Old English -haccian keg- in Indo-European roots V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from hacker
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Abbreviation of hackney (“an ordinary horse”), probably from place name Hackney
From Wiktionary
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From Old English tohaccian (“hack to pieces”)
From Wiktionary
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From Wiktionary
Short for hackney
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From hackysack
From Wiktionary
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