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hack

n. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

hack

n. a quick and dirty job producing what is needed, but not performing very well

hack

n. a horse kept for hire

hack

n. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hack

n. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

hack, hack writer, literary hack

n. a mediocre and disdained writer

hack, drudge, hacker

n. one who works hard at boring tasks

hack

v. cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"

hack

v. kick on the shins

chop, hack

v. cut with a hacking tool

hack, kick on the arm

v. in basketball

hack, cut up

v. significantly cut up a manuscript

hack, hack on

v. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

hack, whoop

v. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

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lackey, flunky, flunkey

n. a male servant (especially a footman)

menial

n. a domestic servant

subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

hew, hew out

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

hew, hew out

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

give birth

v. create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"

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