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(verb) cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" |
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Synonyms: whoop |
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Related Words: cough |
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| 2. |
(verb) significantly cut up a manuscript |
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Synonyms: cut up |
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Related Words: edit, redact |
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(verb) fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" |
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Synonyms: hack on |
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Related Words: program, programme |
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(verb) kick on the shins; in rugby |
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Related Words: foul |
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(verb) kick on the arms; in basketball |
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Related Words: foul |
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(verb) cut away |
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Related Words: cut |
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(verb) informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
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Synonyms: cut |
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Related Words: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
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(noun) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. |
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Related Words: mount, riding horse, saddle horse |
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(noun) a horse kept for hire |
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Related Words: Equus caballus, horse |
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(noun) an old or over-worked horse |
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Synonyms: jade, nag, plug |
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Related Words: Equus caballus, horse |
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(noun) one who works hard at boring tasks |
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Synonyms: drudge, hacker |
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Related Words: plodder, slogger, unskilled person |
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(noun) a mediocre and disdained writer |
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Synonyms: hack writer, literary hack |
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Related Words: author, writer |
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(verb) cut with a tool |
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Synonyms: chop |
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Related Words: ax, axe, cut |
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(noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money |
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Synonyms: cab, taxi, taxicab |
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Related Words: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar |
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(noun) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends |
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Synonyms: machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler |
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Related Words: pol, political leader, politician, politico |
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