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noun
- (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.
- A dry cough.
- (slang) A taxicab (hackney carriage) driver.
- (obsolete) An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.
- (pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (pejorative) An untalented writer.
- Dason is nothing but a two-bit .
- (slang) A person incapable of completing a simple task. This person could be also referred to as someone who "sucks at life" (slightly derogatory)
- (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- (context, computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network. (Actually called a "crack" in computer parlance).
- (computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
- (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
- (slang) Time check (military usage).
- (curling) The foothold device from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (rfv-sense) (slang) A prison guard.
- (politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory) <!-- This expression was used a lot in student politics in the 1980s. I'm not sure if it is still used much. publunch
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verb
- To cough noisily.
- This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- Can you it out here with no electricity or running water?
- To play hackeysack.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- He can like no one else and make the program work as expected.
- To work with on an intimately technical level.
- I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program.
- I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later..
- (sport) To be effective at a certain position or role within a sports game without being particularly graceful or with class.
- Their Defender is such a 'hack', but he gets the job done
- (slang) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a "crack" in computer parlance.
adjective
- (literary) Having or requiring little talent.
- He's nothing but the typical writer.
- I got by on work for years before I finally published my novel.
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adjective
- Resistant to pressure.
- Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
- a hard problem
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- a hard life
- (context, of a person) , severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable.
- hard evidence
- Of drink, strong.
- Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.
- (context, slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
adverb (harder, hardest)
- With much strength or energy
| | harrow |
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noun
- A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
- 1918: He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent. " Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 153)
verb
- To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
- To traumatize or disturb; to subject to a harrowing experience; to frighten or torment.
- The headless horseman harrowed Ichabod Crane as he tried to reach the bridge.
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noun
- The yield of harvesting (usually a food crop.)
- The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
- (context, paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox.
verb to harvest
- to bring in; reap; glean
| | hay |
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noun
- grass, Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
verb to hay
- To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
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noun
- The upper storey of a barn used for storing hay
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noun (hayseed, s, -)
- seed, Seeds from grass that has become hay.
- cruft, Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
- (only countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin. Also used attributively: e.g. a hayseed name.
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noun
- A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
| | haywire |
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noun
- wire, Wire used to bind bales of hay.
adjective
- Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs; Originated because of frayed wires sitting near hay in a hot barn, which caused an explosion. The barn ceased to exist, and it was referred to as having gone "haywire.").
- Behaving erratically or in an uncontrollable manner, especially of a machine or mechanical process.
- Everything was working fine until it suddenly went and wouldn't stop printing blank sheets.
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noun
- A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape
- The unplowed boundary of a field
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noun (hearties)
- (obsolete): Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
adjective (heartier, heartiest)
- Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
- Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. w:Marston, Marston.
- Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
- Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.
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noun
- An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
verb (hoe, d)
- To use the agricultural tool defined above.
- Every year, I my garden for aeration.
- I always take a shower after I in my garden.
| | honeycomb |
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noun
- A hexagonal structure of cells in which bees hold their larvae and the honey to feed them.
- Any structure resembling this.
verb
- To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.
| | hovel |
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noun
- An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
- In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
verb (hovels, hoveling, hoveled)
- (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
- To thee with swine, and rogues forlon. -- Shakespeare
- The poor are hoveled and hustled together. -- Tennyson
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noun - A cage in which a rabbit or rabbits are kept.
- 1960, w:Harper Lee, Harper Lee, w:To Kill a Mockingbird, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 16,
- :To reach the courtroom, on the second floor, one passed sundry sunless county cubbyholes: the tax assessor,... the circuit clerk, the judge of probate lived in cool dim hutches that smelled....
- A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed
| | hydroponics |
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noun
- the cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil
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