hack : Idioms & Phrases

• noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
  livery driver; taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabby; cabdriver; taximan.
  

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• verb fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
  hack.
  
  • I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best

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• noun saw used with one hand for cutting metal
  metal saw; hacksaw.
  

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• a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.

Webster 1913

• noun a mediocre and disdained writer
  hack writer; hack.
  

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• a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer."

Webster 1913

• noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
  livery driver; taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabby; cabdriver; taximan.
  

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• noun a mediocre and disdained writer
  hack writer; hack.
  

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• noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
  hack; machine politician; ward-heeler.
  

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