hack

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. chop, hew, slash, cut. —n. cough, stutter; hackney, cab. See disjunction, vehicle.

- hack around - hack it

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A literary drudge]

Syn. scribbler, pulp-story writer, ghost writer, propaganda writer, inferior writer, writer of potboilers, free-lance writer, commercial writer, popular novelist, ghost*, free lance*, tenth rater*, penny-a-liner*; see also writer .

Ant. artist*, literary master, literary genius.

2. [A coach for hire]

Syn. cab, taxicab, taxi, hackney; see carriage 2 , vehicle 1 .

3. [A cut]

Syn. notch, nick, cleavage; see cut 2 .

4. [A horse for hire]

Syn. nag, hackney, crowbait*; see horse 1 .

5. [*Commercial driver, especially of a taxicab]

Syn. taxi driver, cab driver, chauffeur, cabbie; see driver .

v.

Syn. chop, whack, mangle; see cut 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

chop, slice, axe, cleave, slash, cut, sever, hew, gash, lop off, shear, fell.