hack driver
- noun
- /ˈhæk ˈdraɪvər/
- Archaic
:
taxista
- The hack driver helped me with my luggage before driving off.
Examples
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A hack driver that works all night shouldn't have kids.
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The hack driver picked me up at the airport and took me to my hotel.
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After a long day, I finally found a hack driver to take me home.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person who controls a car or bus
42
1.0
A person who drives people in a taxi for money
29
3.7
A person who drives a taxi
7
1.0
A person who drives a taxi and takes people to where they want to go
2
9.9
A person who drove a hired carriage or taxi in the past
1
5.5
A person who drives a taxi or hired car and gets paid
1
9.2
A person who drives a taxi
A person who drives a taxi for a living
A person who drives a taxi as a job
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who drives a taxi' is directly compositional from 'hack' (a hired taxi/carriage) + 'driver' (person who drives), following a common noun+noun pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning. The term 'hack' is somewhat dated or regional, but that affects frequency not compositional transparency.
Etymology
Hack driver comes from the old word hack for a horse or carriage people could hire and driver for the person who drives it. One popular story says hack comes from the London place called 'Hackney', where hired horses and carriages were kept, so a hack driver came to mean a person who drives a hired vehicle, today called a 'taxi driver'.