Synonyms for hack
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1. hack, drudge, hackernoun

   one who works hard at boring tasks

   Synonyms:
   nag, navvy, ward-heeler, galley slave, taxi, plug, literary hack, peon, cyberpunk, political hack, machine politician, cyber-terrorist, taxicab, hacker, cab, hack writer, drudge, jade

2. machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hacknoun

   a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

   Synonyms:
   literary hack, taxi, machine politician, drudge, ward-heeler, hack writer, hacker, cab, jade, political hack, taxicab, plug, nag

3. hack, hack writer, literary hacknoun

   a mediocre and disdained writer

   Synonyms:
   literary hack, taxi, drudge, cab, ward-heeler, hack writer, hacker, jade, political hack, taxicab, plug, nag, machine politician

4. hacknoun

   a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

   Synonyms:
   literary hack, taxi, drudge, cab, ward-heeler, hack writer, hacker, jade, political hack, taxicab, plug, nag, machine politician

5. cab, hack, taxi, taxicabnoun

   a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

   Synonyms:
   literary hack, drudge, jade, taxi, machine politician, hack writer, hacker, cab, cabriolet, political hack, taxicab, ward-heeler, plug, nag

6. hack, jade, nag, plugnoun

   an old or over-worked horse

   Synonyms:
   common scold, quid, ballyhoo, hype, fornicatress, trollop, machine politician, drudge, jadestone, fire hydrant, political hack, slut, taxicab, loose woman, adulteress, nagger, spark plug, cab, male plug, jade green, ward-heeler, stopple, hacker, plug, jade, literary hack, fireplug, hack writer, strumpet, scolder, hussy, taxi, stopper, scold, sparking plug, wad, chaw, chew, cud, nag, hoopla

7. hacknoun

   a horse kept for hire

   Synonyms:
   literary hack, taxi, drudge, cab, ward-heeler, hack writer, hacker, jade, political hack, taxicab, plug, nag, machine politician

8. hackverb

   a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

   Synonyms:
   literary hack, taxi, drudge, cab, ward-heeler, hack writer, hacker, jade, political hack, taxicab, plug, nag, machine politician

9. chop, hackverb

   cut with a hacking tool

   Synonyms:
   cut up, cut, whoop, chop up, hack on, chop

10. hack, cutverb

    be able to manage or manage successfully

    "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

    Synonyms:
    foreshorten, veer, bring down, snub, turn off, burn, rationalize, trim down, write out, prune, edit, cut, whoop, cut up, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, edit out, hack on, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, make out, contract, rationalise, cut off, dilute, curve, switch off, sheer, slew, geld, chop, tailor, turn out, disregard, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, thin

11. hackverb

    cut away

    "he hacked his way through the forest"

    Synonyms:
    cut up, whoop, cut, chop, hack on

12. hackverb

    kick on the arms

    Synonyms:
    cut up, whoop, cut, chop, hack on

13. hackverb

    kick on the shins

    Synonyms:
    cut up, whoop, cut, chop, hack on

14. hack, hack onverb

    fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

    "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

    Synonyms:
    cut up, whoop, cut, chop, hack on

15. hack, cut upverb

    significantly cut up a manuscript

    Synonyms:
    cut, compartmentalize, chop, cut up, compartmentalise, hack on, mutilate, whoop, carve, mangle

16. hack, whoopverb

    cough spasmodically

    "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

    Synonyms:
    cut up, whoop, cut, chop, hack on

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1. hackverb

   Synonyms:
   cut (clumsily), hew, chop, mangle, hackle

2. hacknoun

   Synonyms:
   notch, cut

3. hacknoun

   Synonyms:
   hired horse, worn-out horse

4. hacknoun

   Synonyms:
   drudge, over-worked man

5. hacknoun

   Synonyms:
   hackney-coach

6. hackadjective

   Synonyms:
   hired, mercenary, hireling, hackney

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hack":

   pirate, charlatan, hacking, quack, piracy

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1. Nathan Wenzler:

   Even a one-hour flight to reach a neighboring major city would allow for faster response than, say, a seven-hour flight from the east coast of the U.S, trying to hack a system that's connected to the Internet doesn't really require physical proximity, so, like most nation-state intelligence agencies, it's easier and more effective to just run those sorts of attacks from within your own borders.

2. Washington Post:

   The phone of his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, was successfully infected during the days after his murder ... and (his) wife, Hanan Elatr, whose phone was targeted by someone using Pegasus in the months before his killing. Amnesty was unable to determine whether the hack was successful.

3. Salvador Panelo:

   People say this will make or break you, prove us wrong in that you can hack it. This is your time.

4. Donald Trump:

   Much of it is false and/or entirely inaccurate, we believe it was the DNC that did the ‘hacking’ as a way to distract from the many issues facing their deeply flawed candidate and failed party leader. Too bad the DNC doesn’t hack Crooked Hillary’s 33,000 missing emails.

5. Tom Brown:

   This shows that even the hack of an email account can cause significant financial loss.