hack
/hæk/ verb C2- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
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
From the library
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.”
Other matches
- hack To chop or cut down in a rough manner. C1
- hack A dry cough. C1
- hack To make common or cliched C2
- hack To cough noisily. C2
- hack To play hackeysack. C2
- hack A horse for hire, especially one which is old a... C2
- hack A small ball usually made of woven cotton or su... C2
- hack A tool for chopping. C2
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