n.
1.one who works hard at boring tasks
2.a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
3.a mediocre and disdained writer
4.a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
5.a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
6.an old or over-worked horse
7.a horse kept for hire
8.a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. hack v.
1.cut with a hacking tool
2.informal: be able to manage or manage successfully
3.cut away
4.kick on the arms
5.kick on the shins
6.fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
7.significantly cut up a manuscript
8.cough spasmodically
Idiom of the Day
serve (someone's) purpose
to be useful to someone for a certain need
The small screwdriver should serve my purpose until I find the correct size.
