hack

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A writer who produces dull, low-quality work, often just for money.

   Critics dismissed him as a hack who churned out forgettable novels.

2. 2
   verb

   To cough repeatedly in a harsh, dry way.

   He hacked all night because of his bad cold.

3. 3
   noun

   A taxi, or its driver.

   We caught a hack outside the train station.

4. 4
   noun

   A horse kept for ordinary riding rather than racing or shows.

   She rented a gentle hack for a quiet ride through the countryside.

* As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). * Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. * As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. * Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck. * Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”). * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, s…

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