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hack

/hæk/noun, verb1 syllable

Hack means: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.

Synonyms for hack29

noun, as in a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack

noun, as in a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

cab, taxi, taxicab

noun, as in an old or over-worked horse

jade, nag, plug

noun, as in one who works hard at boring tasks

drudge, hacker

noun, as in a mediocre and disdained writer

hack writer, literary hack

verb, as in cut with a hacking tool

chop

verb, as in be able to manage or manage successfully

cut

verb, as in fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

hack on

verb, as in significantly cut up a manuscript

cut up

verb, as in cough spasmodically

whoop

also used for hack

crack, band-aid, contrivance, improvision, improvisation, kludge, makeshift, quick fix, patch, lifehack, exploit

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What does hack mean?16

noun

1

a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

2

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

3

an old or over-worked horse

4

one who works hard at boring tasks

5

a mediocre and disdained writer

6

a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

7

a horse kept for hire

8

a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

verb

1

cut with a hacking tool

2

be able to manage or manage successfully“I can't hack it anymore”

3

fix a computer program piecemeal until it works“I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best”

4

significantly cut up a manuscript

5

cough spasmodically“The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”

6

cut away“he hacked his way through the forest”

7

kick on the arms

8

kick on the shins

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hack?32

two syllables

attack
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 32 rhymes for hack, grouped by syllable

Hack in a sentence

  • She has a cough, she hacks every morning.anzart
  • I never thought it'd be this easy to hack into your website.CK
  • I've been trying to hack my way into the system.CK
  • I never thought that it'd be this easy to hack into your website.CK
  • That doctor of yours is a total hack.megamanenm
  • Gustavo managed to hack into the company’s system.Amastan
  • I spent the first few weeks learning how to hack.Ussis
  • The so-called expert turned out to be a total hack.araneo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of hack

as a noun

plural
hacks

as a verb

past tense
hacked
present participle
hacking
third-person singular
hacks
past participle
hacked