n.
1.one who works hard at boring tasks
2.a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
3.a mediocre and disdained writer
4.a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
5.a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
6.an old or over-worked horse
7.a horse kept for hire
8.a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. hack v.
1.cut with a hacking tool
2.informal: be able to manage or manage successfully
3.cut away
4.kick on the arms
5.kick on the shins
6.fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
7.significantly cut up a manuscript
8.cough spasmodically
Idiom of the Day
hit (someone) below the belt
to do something unfair or unsporting to someone
The lawyer was hitting below the belt when he asked the woman many personal questions.
