Hack writer
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Hack writer — is a colloquial, usually pejorative, term used to refer to a writer who is paid to write low quality, quickly put together articles or books to order , often with a short deadline. In a fiction writing context, the term is used to describe… … Wikipedia
hack writer — noun a mediocre and disdained writer • Syn: ↑hack, ↑literary hack • Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author • Member Holonyms: ↑Grub Street … Useful english dictionary
hack writer — literary hack, hack … English contemporary dictionary
Hack — may refer to: Contents 1 Computers and technology 2 Sports 3 Places 4 … Wikipedia
Hack — Hack, a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. [1913 Webster] {Hack writer}, a hack; one who writes for hire. A vulgar hack writer. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hack — hack1 [hak] vt. [ME hacken < OE haccian, akin to Ger hacken < IE base * keg , peg, hook > HOOK, HATCHEL] 1. a) to chop or cut crudely, roughly, or irregularly, as with a hatchet b) to shape, trim, damage, etc. with or as with rough,… … English World dictionary
hack — hack1 /hak/, v.t. 1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often fol. by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees. 2. to break up the surface of (the ground). 3. to clear (a road, path,… … Universalium
hack — [[t]hæ̱k[/t]] hacks, hacking, hacked 1) VERB If you hack something or hack at it, you cut it with strong, rough strokes using a sharp tool such as an axe or knife. [V n] An armed gang barged onto the train and began hacking and shooting anyone in … English dictionary
hack — {{11}}hack (n.1) tool for chopping, early 14c., from HACK (Cf. hack) (v.1); Cf. Dan. hakke mattock, Ger. Hacke pickax, hatchet, hoe. Meaning an act of cutting is from 1836; figurative sense of a try, an attempt is first attested 1898. {{12}}hack… … Etymology dictionary
hack — I [[t]hæk[/t]] v. t. 1) to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever with irregular, often heavy blows (often fol. by up or down): to hack down trees[/ex] 2) to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, or other growth 3) to damage or… … From formal English to slang
