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Question 1 of 9
Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Idioms about hack
hack it, Slang. to handle or cope with a situation or an assignment adequately and calmly: The new recruit just can't hack it.
Origin of hack
1First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English hacken; compare Old English ahaccian “to hack out,” tōhaccian “to hack to pieces”; cognate with Dutch hakken, German hacken
synonym study for hack
1. See cut.
Other definitions for hack (2 of 3)
Origin of hack
2First recorded in 1680–90; short for hackney
Other definitions for hack (3 of 3)
hack3
[ hak ]
/ hæk /
noun
a rack for drying food, as fish.
a rack for holding fodder for livestock.
a low pile of unburnt bricks in the course of drying.
verb (used with object)
to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
Falconry. to train (a young hawk) by letting it fly freely and feeding it at a hack board or a hack house.
Origin of hack
3First recorded in 1565–75; variant of hatch2
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How to use hack in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for hack (1 of 3)
hack1
/ (hæk) /
verb
noun
See also hack off
Word Origin for hack
Old English haccian; related to Old Frisian hackia, Middle High German hacken
British Dictionary definitions for hack (2 of 3)
hack2
/ (hæk) /
noun
verb
adjective
(prenominal) banal, mediocre, or unoriginalhack writing
Word Origin for hack
C17: short for hackney
British Dictionary definitions for hack (3 of 3)
hack3
/ (hæk) /
noun
a rack used for fodder for livestock
a board on which meat is placed for a hawk
a pile or row of unfired bricks stacked to dry
verb (tr)
to place (fodder) in a hack
to place (bricks) in a hack
Word Origin for hack
C16: variant of hatch ²
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