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How to pronounce hack in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms whoop
Type of cough


The patient with emphysema is hacking all day.
Type Words
Synonyms jade, nag, plug
Type of horse, equus caballus
Type Words
Synonyms cab, taxi, taxicab
Type of car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
Has types minicab, gypsy cab
Type Words
Synonyms chop
Type of cut
Has types axe, ax
Type Words
Synonyms cut
Type of make do, grapple, cope, deal, manage, make out, contend, get by


I can't hack it anymore.
Type Words
Synonyms cut up
Type of redact, edit
Type Words
Synonyms hack writer, literary hack
Type of author, writer
Type Words
Synonyms hack on
Type of program, programme
Derivation hacker


I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best.
Type Words
Synonyms drudge, hacker
Type of unskilled person
Has types plodder, slogger
Type Words
Synonyms machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler
Type of pol, political leader, politician, politico
Type Words
Type of equus caballus, horse
Type Words
Type of mount, riding horse, saddle horse
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Type of tool
Type Words
Type of cut


he hacked his way through the forest.
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Type of foul
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Type of foul

Examples of hack

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You should consider filling up the database with only little-known hack writers.
From the newsweek.com
His vice president, Chester Arthur, was, to put it bluntly, an overt party hack.
From the kansas.com
Developer Brandon Fiquett is behind this little hack, and boy what a hack it is.
From the techcrunch.com
Jones earned the first yellow card of the day for a vicious hack at Pires'ankle.
From the newsshopper.co.uk
I bet a little hack in the preferences may reveal if this is possible right now.
From the guardian.co.uk
He's just a hack with a made-up name, a cult following and a wife who can't act.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Like maybe a nuanced analysis of the election, instead of a partisan hack piece.
From the forbes.com
Rob Zombie certainly has his followers, though some still dismiss him as a hack.
From the kansas.com
Ah, to be young again, and do nothing all day long but hack around with my Xbox.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Chop: cut with a hacking tool
  • One who works hard at boring tasks
  • Be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
  • Machine politician: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
  • A mediocre and disdained writer
  • Cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"
  • Eduard Hackel (17 March 1850, Haida, Bohemia u2013 2 February 1926, Attersee, Upper Austria) was an Austrian botanist. His father was a veterinary in Haida. He was married and had one son.
  • Hack is an album by freestyle synth-pop band Information Society. The album sold quite well but did not outsell its smash debut album. It is the only major-label-distributed title that has the modern Tommy Boy Records logo on it.
  • Hack is a term used primarily in stand-up comedy, but also sketch comedy, improv comedy, and comedy writing to refer to a joke or premise for a joke that is considered obvious, has been frequently used by comedians in the past, and/or is blatantly copied from its original author. ...