hack (2) — OAT

hack2

noun

1 he briefed the media's industry hacks before the party conference:

journalist, reporter, correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newsman, newswoman, writer, feature writer, contributor, columnist, Grub Street writer;

British pressman;

North American legman, wireman;

Australian roundsman;

informal newshound, journo, scribbler, scribe, hackette, stringer;

North American, informal newsy;

archaic penny-a-liner.

2 a hard-working, clerical hack:

drudge, menial, menial worker, factotum, toiler, plodder, doormat, hewer of wood and drawer of water;

servant, lackey, laborer, slave, galley slave;

informal running dog, runner;

North American peon, gofer;

British, informal skivvy, dogsbody;

archaic scullion, servitor.

3 the average riding-school hack:

nag, inferior horse, tired-out horse, worn-out horse, Rosinante;

informal bag of bones, crock;

North American, informal plug, crowbait;

Australian, New Zealand, informal moke;

British, informal , dated screw;

archaic jade, rip, keffel.

4 North American they hailed an empty hack:

taxi, cab, taxi cab, minicab, hackney cab;

British, formal hackney carriage;

historical fiacre.