hack
/hæk/ verb C2- To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To drive a hackney cab.
He/she/it hacks · Past hacked · Past participle hacked · -ing form hacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- hack
- He/she/it
- hacks
- Past
- hacked
- Past participle
- hacked
- -ing form
- hacking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He has been laid up with a hack, and once he slipped his knee-cap, but that was nothing.”
Long does not keep a carriage, and had to come to the ball in a hack chaise.”
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