Results for hack
Definitions of hack:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb intransitive
To cough raspingly and repeatedly.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A notch or cut made by the blow of an instrument.
part of speech: verb
To cut or chop with repeated strokes; to mangle; to notch; to cough in a short broken manner.
part of speech: verb transitive
To offer for hire: to use roughly.
part of speech: verb transitive
To cut irregularly and into small pieces; injure by cutting; notch; let out for hire.
part of speech: adjective
Hackney, hired.
part of speech: noun
A notch; hollow irregular cut; a horse, or a carriage, let out for hire; a literary drudge.
part of speech: noun
A hackney, esp. a poor and jaded one: any person overworked on hire: a literary drudge.
part of speech: noun
An instr. for catching fish; a bend in a stream; a rack for holding fodder.
part of speech: verb transitive
To cut: to chop or mangle: to notch.
part of speech: noun
A horse kept for hire; a horse kept for all kinds of work, or for ordinary use; anything or person overworked on hire; a drudge; anything much used.
Usage examples for hack:
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Well, your uncle gave me the idea that I should find a good- for- nothing hack writer, a dweller in some obscure garret.
"Arms and the Woman", Harold MacGrath -
" Have you any idea at the hack of your mind, dear," she asked " of making use of Mr. Lessingham to punish Henry?"
"The Zeppelin's Passenger", E. Phillips Oppenheim -
As he passed down the gravel walk, a hack drew up and stopped in front of the house.
"Other Things Being Equal", Emma Wolf -
Delia leant hack drawing long breaths of fatigue and excitement.
"Delia Blanchflower", Mrs. Humphry Ward