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Synonyms for hack

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hak
Phonetic Transcription : hæk

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Définition of hack

Origin :
  • "to cut roughly, cut with chopping blows," c.1200, from verb found in stem of Old English tohaccian "hack to pieces," from West Germanic *hakkon (cf. Old Frisian hackia "to chop or hack," Dutch hakken, Old High German hacchon, German hacken), from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth." Perhaps influenced by Old Norse höggva "to hack, hew" (cf. hacksaw). Slang sense of "cope with" (such as in can't hack it) is first recorded in American English 1955, with a sense of "get through by some effort," as a jungle (cf. phrase hack after "keep working away at" attested from late 14c.). Related: Hacked; hacking.
  • noun person who does easy work for money
  • noun taxicab
  • noun cut without care
Example sentences :
  • I'll find out the mystery of that if I have to hack the thing into a thousand pieces.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • I've got a hack,But the weather's been such, I've not got on his back.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • Of course I could have hired a hack and let it bring me to the hotel but I wouldn't do that.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • She had brought it "to hack about in" at Sawston, and had taken it to Italy because "in Italy anything does."
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • "We must go to the old Reindeer and hire their hack," said Mr. Lyle.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • And then Madame Beattie waved to him from Denny's hack, and he stepped into the road to speak to her.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • I saw her last night on the outskirts of his crowd, sitting in Denny's hack.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • "Better to leave him with me now, and take a hack for the journey," said he.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • The next evening the sound of wheels was heard, and a hack stopped at our gate.
  • Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • A hack was called, and they were speedily on their way to the Cortland Street ferry.
  • Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.

Antonyms for hack

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