hack
Definition
- n. one who works hard at boring tasks
- n. a mediocre and disdained writer
- n. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- n. an old or over-worked horse
Word forms
- Present participle
- hacking
- Past participle
- hacked
- Past tense
- hacked
- Third person singular
- hacks
Example sentences
n.
He made a deep hack in the wood with his axe.
vt.
They decided to hack the old tree down because it was dangerous.
vi.
She began to hack as the dust filled the air.
a.
We took a hack cab to the airport.