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12:47 PM
by Gene
Without caffeine, WP's Kurtz had 419 bylines in 2004
The noun hack has 7 meanings: Meaning #1: one who works hard at boring tasks
Synonyms: drudge, hacker
Meaning #2: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
Synonyms: machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack
Meaning #3: a mediocre and disdained writer
Synonyms: hack writer, literary hack
Meaning #4: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Synonyms: cab, taxi, taxicab
Meaning #5: an old or over-worked horse
Synonyms: jade, nag, plug
Meaning #6: a horse kept for hire
Meaning #7: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.