I. verb
to cut with repeated crude or ruthless blows
hack a path through the jungle
Synonyms: hackle, haggle, slash
Related Word: gash, mangle; chop, cut, fell, hew
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: taxicab , cab, taxi
2.
one who surrenders intellectual or personal integrity for an assured reward (as a regular income)
party hacks and hangers-on
Synonyms: drudge, grub, grubber, hireling, mercenary, slavey
Related Word: grind, lackey, servant, slave; machine, plodder; potboiler
III. adjective
1.
Synonyms: inferior 2, common, déclassé, low-grade, mean, poor, second-class, second-drawer, second-rate
Related Word: commonplace, dull, ordinary, trite, usual; inconsequential, petty, trivial
Contrasted words: individual, original, uncommon, unusual
2.
Synonyms: trite , cliché, clichéd, commonplace, stale, stereotyped, stereotypical, timeworn, tired, well-worn
Related Word: antiquated, old, outmoded, outworn
Contrasted words: lively; unfamiliar