- literary hack
- nouna mediocre and disdained writer• Syn: ↑hack, ↑hack writer• Member Holonyms: ↑Grub Street
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literary hack
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hack writer — literary hack, hack … English contemporary dictionary
hack — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Jehu, Sunday driver, amble, amputate, antiquated, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, autobus, ax, backseat driver, balker, balky horse, banal, bark, batter, beast of burden, bidet,… … Moby Thesaurus
hack writer — noun a mediocre and disdained writer • Syn: ↑hack, ↑literary hack • Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author • Member Holonyms: ↑Grub Street … Useful english dictionary
hack — hack1 [hak] vt. [ME hacken < OE haccian, akin to Ger hacken < IE base * keg , peg, hook > HOOK, HATCHEL] 1. a) to chop or cut crudely, roughly, or irregularly, as with a hatchet b) to shape, trim, damage, etc. with or as with rough,… … English World dictionary
Hack — (h[a^]k), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See {Hackney}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Literary adaptation — is the adapting of a literary source (e.g., a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, a stage play, or even ace video game. It can also involve adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium, just for… … Wikipedia
hack — hack1 /hak/, v.t. 1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often fol. by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees. 2. to break up the surface of (the ground). 3. to clear (a road, path,… … Universalium
hack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. chop, hew, slash, cut. n. cough, stutter; hackney, cab. See disjunction, vehicle. hack around hack it II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A literary drudge] Syn. scribbler, pulp story writer, ghost writer,… … English dictionary for students
hack — I. /hæk / (say hak) verb (t) 1. to cut, notch, or chop irregularly, as with heavy blows. 2. to break up the surface of (the ground). 3. to clear (a path, etc.) by cutting down brush, etc. 4. to damage by cutting harshly or ruthlessly: the… …
hack — I v 1. cut, cut down, hew, saw down, fell, chop, chop down, splinter; lop off, truncate, butcher, amputate, detach, remove; trim, clip, dock, snip, nip, snap; shear, crop, (of the hair) bob. 2. gash, slash, Archaic. carbonado, tear into, lance,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
