hack
4
9.4
- noun
- /hæk/
- Archaic
:
carruaje
- - One, you got to get a hack license.
- hire a hack
- a hack driver
- sit in a hack
Examples
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A hack driver that works all night shouldn't have kids.
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Call a hack, Cornelius.
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You see, I only drive a hack to make money...
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I need a hack driver for tomorrow.
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Now look, she wants a hack with two roof lights...
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This is a hack, not a hearse.
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I just got a 4:00 appointment... at the Taxi and Limousine Commission to pick up my hack license.
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She and Paul owned a Hummer hack in Georgetown.
Fiction book (1999) -
By 1902, when it changed its name to the American Labor Union, this organization had built a strong following in the city, with active locals among butchers, grocery clerks, laundry workers, cooks and waiters, hack drivers, and mattress makers.
Academic text (1992) -
I hailed a hack to take me to the airport quickly.
Synonyms
742
1.0
A car that carries people to places for money
382
1.0
A car with a driver people pay to drive them to a place
18
1.0
A car with a driver that people pay to take them where they want
3
8.6
A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
1
5.6
A small car like a taxi that you book in advance
Compounds
- Offensive
3
8.6
A politician who works for their party or friends to benefit themselves
A hand saw with a thin blade and many small teeth for cutting metal and other hard materials
Surface Forms
Etymology
A hack meaning a taxi comes from Hackney again: a 'hackney carriage' was a vehicle for hire, and 'hack' became a short word for a hired car or taxi.