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- pronunciation:
- haek
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one who surrenders professional or artistic integrity or commitment in return for monetary reward.
- synonyms:
- mercenary, prostitute
- similar words:
- adventurer, hireling, lackey
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| definition 2: |
one who is hired to do routine or unpleasant tasks, esp. a writer hired to produce uncreative and unimaginative work; drudge.
- synonyms:
- drudge, fag, flunky, grubber, hireling, scribbler, slave
- similar words:
- factotum, ghostwriter, menial, workhorse
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| definition 3: |
a horse past its prime.
- synonyms:
- jade, nag
- similar words:
- workhorse
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| definition 4: |
(informal) a taxi or a taxi driver.
- synonyms:
- cab, driver, taxi, taxicab
- similar words:
- cabdriver, chauffeur
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| related words: |
author, car, mercenary, writer |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hacks, hacking, hacked |
| definition 1: |
to hire out, as a horse.
- synonyms:
- hire out, lease, rent
- similar words:
- lend
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| definition 2: |
to make trite or hackneyed by excessive or indiscriminate use.
- synonyms:
- overdo, wear out
- similar words:
- overuse, tire
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
(informal) to work as a cab driver.
- similar words:
- chauffeur, drive, taxi
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| definition 2: |
to hire out as a writer.
- similar words:
- hire out, subcontract, write
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| definition 3: |
to use a computer or other electronic means to penetrate the protected computer system of a business, government, or individual, either as an act of mischief or with malicious intent, such as stealing data.
He paid some computer whiz to hack into the computer system of the company that had fired him. |
| definition 4: |
to write or modify programs for computers, usually with advanced skill and for pleasure.
- similar words:
- compute, program
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
for hire, without integrity or imagination.
hack worka hack politician- synonyms:
- hireling, mercenary
- similar words:
- avaricious, corrupt, dirty, grasping, venal
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| definition 2: |
trite or hackneyed.
a hack phrase- synonyms:
- banal, cliché, hackneyed, shopworn, threadbare, tired, trite
- similar words:
- bromidic, commonplace, overused, prosaic, stale, stock, worn-out
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| related words: |
cliché, menial |
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