Unscramble hack

Definition of hack

noun:

• one who works hard at boring tasks. Synonyms: drudge, hacker.
• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends. Synonyms: machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler.
• a mediocre and disdained writer. Synonyms: hack writer, literary hack.
• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil.
• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money. Synonyms: cab, taxi, taxicab.
• an old or over-worked horse. Synonyms: jade, nag, plug.
• a horse kept for hire.
• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc..

verb:

• cut with a hacking tool. Synonyms: chop.
• be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore", "she could not cut the long days in the office". Synonyms: cut.
• cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest".
• kick on the arms.
• kick on the shins.
• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best". Synonyms: hack on.
• significantly cut up a manuscript. Synonyms: cut up.
• cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day". Synonyms: whoop.

Related words

ax, axe, minicab, plodder, slogger.

Words nearby

back, hacek, haick, haik, hank, hark, hawk, hick, hock, huck, jack, lack, mack, pack, rack, sack, shack, tack, whack, yack.

Rhymes with

aback, attack, back, balzac, black, braque, clack, crack, dak, flack, flak, jack, knack, lac, lack, mac, mack, mak, pac, pack.