Hack

  • 81hack — taxicab ax i*cab, n. an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; also called a {taxi}, and informally called a {cab} or a {hack}. The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a {cab driver} or {cabbie}, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 82hack — Heck Heck, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] [Written also {hack}.] 1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; called also… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 83hack it — verb To cope with, to be successful in. I dont know if I can hack it here, the work is too hard for me …

    Wiktionary

  • 84Hack — 1. (Hacky Sack) successful round in which every player kicks the hacky sack; 2. (ultimate frisbee) point scored in which each of the seven players on a team touches the frisbee; 3. put up with; endure: I can t hack it ; 4. (computers) go… …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 85hack — I Australian Slang 1. (Hacky Sack) successful round in which every player kicks the hacky sack; 2. (ultimate frisbee) point scored in which each of the seven players on a team touches the frisbee; 3. put up with; endure: I can t hack it ; 4.… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 86hack — I v To disgust, make angry. If you mess with my girl, you ll just hack me, Mack. 1990s II v To make fun of. Why are you always hacking on me? 1980s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 87hack — n 1. a journalist, professional writer. The word, inspired by the image of a worn out workhorse, has traditionally denoted a disreputable, unprincipled, mercenary reporter or writer. Since the late 1960s, if not earlier, journalists have… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 88hack v — I used to be a taxi driver, but found I couldn t hack it …

    English expressions

  • 89hack it — informal manage; cope. → hack …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 90hack it — informal he tried to run his own commercial fishing outfit, but he couldn t hack it Syn: cope, manage, get on/by, carry on, come through, muddle along/through; stand it, tolerate it, bear it, endure it, put up with it; informal handle it, abide… …

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