hack
/hæk/ sustantivo C2En español: taxista, cagatintas, chupatintas, juntaletras
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. · I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A hearse.
- An untalented writer. · Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack.· He's nothing but the typical hack writer.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
Plural hacks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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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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