· one who works hard at boring tasks

Synonym(s): drudge, hacker

Hypernym(s): unskilled_person

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

Synonym(s): machine_politician, ward-heeler, political_hack

Hypernym(s): politician, politico, pol, political_leader

· a mediocre and disdained writer

Synonym(s): hack_writer, literary_hack

Hypernym(s): writer, author

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

Hypernym(s): tool

· a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Synonym(s): cab, taxi, taxicab

Hypernym(s): car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

· an old or over-worked horse

Synonym(s): jade, nag, plug

Hypernym(s): horse, Equus_caballus

· a horse kept for hire

Hypernym(s): horse, Equus_caballus

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

Hypernym(s): saddle_horse, riding_horse, mount

· cut with a hacking tool

Synonym(s): chop

Hypernym(s): cut

· be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

Synonym(s): cut

Hypernym(s): cope, get_by, make_out, make_do, contend, grapple, deal, manage

· cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"

Hypernym(s): cut

· kick on the arms

Hypernym(s): foul

· kick on the shins

Hypernym(s): foul

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

Synonym(s): hack_on

Hypernym(s): program, programme

· significantly cut up a manuscript

Synonym(s): cut_up

Hypernym(s): edit, redact

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

Synonym(s): whoop

Hypernym(s): cough