Synonyms:
hack, drudge, hacker
Meaning: one who works hard at boring tasks
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
chop, hack
Meaning: cut with a hacking tool
Usage examples
'Gee up! gee up!' he said to his hack.
"Gee up! gee up!" he said to his hack.
So he got that, and an old broken-down hack besides, which went upon three legs and dragged the fourth after it.
So he got that, and an old broken-down hack besides, which went upon three legs, and dragged the fourth after it.
Then they went out to meet the foe; but they hadn't got far from the palace before the lad got stuck fast in a bog with his hack.
Then they went out to meet the foe; but they hadn't got far from the palace before the lad got stuck fast in a bog with his hack.
When they went back, there sat the lad still in the bog, and dug his spurs into his three-legged hack, and they all laughed again.
He was an excellent "whip," however; and having doffed his cassock to put on a great-coat, he drove the hack which conveyed the "happy couple" out of town.
So when they went home at night, and saw the lad still sitting there on his hack, they burst out laughing at him again, and one of them shot an arrow at him and hit him in the leg.
So when they went home at night, and saw the lad still sitting there on his hack, they burst out laughing at him again, and one of them shot an arrow at him and hit him in the leg.