Defenition of the word hack

• Defenition of the word hack

  • To enter a program or other instructions into a computer (or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
  • a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
  • cut with a tool
  • a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
  • a horse kept for hire
  • kick on the shins; in rugby
  • kick on the arms; in basketball
  • cut away
  • informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
  • significantly cut up a manuscript
  • one who works hard at boring tasks
  • fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
  • a mediocre and disdained writer
  • an old or over-worked horse
  • cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
  • a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
  • a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
  • fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I''m not very good at hacking but I''ll give it my best"
  • kick on the shins
  • kick on the arms
  • cut with a hacking tool
  • cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest"
  • informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can''t hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
  • a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
  • cough spasmodically
  • fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
  • be able to manage or manage successfully

Synonyms for the word hack

• • cab
  • chop
  • cut
  • cut up
  • drudge
  • hack on
  • hack writer
  • hacker
  • hew
  • jade
  • lacerate
  • literary hack
  • machine politician
  • nag
  • plug
  • political hack
  • scythe
  • slash
  • slice
  • taxi
  • taxicab
  • ward-heeler
  • whoop

Similar words in the hack

• • chop
  • chop down
  • chop off
  • chop up
  • cut off
  • hack
  • hackle
  • hackle's
  • hackles
  • hackney
  • hackney's
  • hackneyed
  • hackneying
  • hackneys
  • hacksaw
  • hacksaw's
  • hacksawed
  • hacksawing
  • hacksaws
  • lop off

Meronymys for the word hack

• • fleet
  • Grub Street

Hyponyms for the word hack

• • ax
  • axe
  • gypsy cab
  • minicab
  • plodder
  • slogger

Hypernyms for the word hack

• • author
  • auto
  • automobile
  • car
  • contend
  • cope
  • cough
  • cut
  • deal
  • edit
  • Equus caballus
  • foul
  • get by
  • grapple
  • horse
  • machine
  • make do
  • make out
  • manage
  • motorcar
  • mount
  • pol
  • political leader
  • politician
  • politico
  • program
  • programme
  • redact
  • riding horse
  • saddle horse
  • surname
  • tool
  • unskilled person
  • writer

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