to hack

Examples

• All

• The children loved to hack at a gentle pace through the fields during their summer camp.

• I walk down to the road and try to hack my way back across the property.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I'm going to Ieave Bridey at the first covert, hack over to the nearest pub, and spend the whole day drinking.

  Brideshead Revisited (2008)

• We will go out to the countryside this weekend to hack along the scenic trails on horseback.

Synonyms

R

to ride horseback

vsto hack

2 3.7

To sit on a horse and guide it as it moves

is for pleasure or gentle exercise in the countryside

Phrasal Verbs

H

to hack it

• Informal

12 8.0

Succeed in a difficult situation

H

to hack on

• Jargon

1 8.2

To fix or change a computer program quickly until it works

Compounds

P

political hack

• Offensive

3 8.6

A politician who works for their party or friends to benefit themselves

H

hack writer

• Offensive

1 7.5

A writer who makes low quality books or articles only for money

C

clever hack

4.9

A smart, simple trick that solves a problem quickly

L

literary hack

• Offensive

8.5

A writer who writes many low-quality books mostly for money

H

hack-driver

• Archaic

9.2

A person who drives a taxi for a living

H

hack driver

• Archaic

7.4

A person who takes people somewhere in a taxi for money

H

hack saw

3.6

A hand saw with a thin blade and many small teeth for cutting metal and other hard materials

How Fast

to gallop

25 1.9

canter

• Specialized

4 6.5

trot

15 1.6

to hack

• Jargon

7 8.1

to walk

∞ 1.0

to amble

15 4.8

Surface Forms

Etymology