All English words - page 1610

Meanings of Hackbut:

noun

An early type of portable firearm; = "arquebus".

Meanings of Hackbutter:

noun

A soldier armed with an arquebus. compare "hackbuteer", arquebusier .

Meanings of Hacked:

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

Meanings of Hacker:

noun

A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.

Usage examples:

If you're accessing the internet without properly securing your computer, hackers can gain illegal …

Meanings of Hackie:

noun

Originally: (a name for) a driver of a hackney carriage. in later use: a taxi-driver.

Meanings of Hackingly:

adverb

In a hacking manner.

Meanings of Hackleback:

noun

A north american freshwater mussel, lasmigona complanata, with rough ridges on the shell.

Meanings of Hackles:

noun

Erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed.

Usage examples:

The dog continued to growl, its hackles raised

verb

Dress or comb (flax) with a hackle.

Usage examples:

Taking each section separately the student should lightly hackle the extreme ends

Meanings of Hackling:

verb

Dress or comb (flax) with a hackle.

Usage examples:

Taking each section separately the student should lightly hackle the extreme ends

noun

Erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed.

Usage examples:

The dog continued to growl, its hackles raised

Meanings of Hackmatack:

noun

Any of a number of north american coniferous trees, in particular the tamarack.

Usage examples:

The time has come for the hackmatacks to turn golden before shedding their needles for the winter.

Meanings of Hackney:

noun

A horse or pony of a light breed with a high-stepping trot, used in harness.

Usage examples:

As the hackney rolled forth the meaning of caroline's answer registered in charlotte's mind.

Meanings of Hackney-cab:

noun

The official name for a taxi, especially a traditional london black taxi

Usage examples:

The report claimed that hackney carriages account for 16% of air pollution in the capital., he pass…

Meanings of Hackney-carriage:

noun

The official name for a taxi, especially a traditional london black taxi

Usage examples:

The report claimed that hackney carriages account for 16% of air pollution in the capital., he pass…

Meanings of Hackneyed:

adjective

(of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

Usage examples:

Hackneyed old sayings

Meanings of Hacks:

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

Meanings of Hacksaw:

noun

A saw with a narrow fine-toothed blade set in a frame, used especially for cutting metal.

Usage examples:

A hacksaw or metal cutting bandsaw is the tool to use here.

verb

Cut (something) using a hacksaw.

Usage examples:

The bolt has now been hacksawed through

Meanings of Hacksaws:

noun

A saw with a narrow fine-toothed blade set in a frame, used especially for cutting metal.

Usage examples:

A hacksaw or metal cutting bandsaw is the tool to use here.

verb

Cut (something) using a hacksaw.

Usage examples:

The bolt has now been hacksawed through

Meanings of Hacksilber:

noun

Silver in the form of cut or hacked fragments of plate, jewellery, or other items, treated as bullion or used as currency.

Meanings of Hackthorn:

noun

Any of several shrubs or small trees of southern africa having hooked prickles, especially the densely spiny blackthorn, acacia mellifera subsp. detinens. compare haakdoring , hookthorn .

Meanings of Hackwood:

noun

A hackberry (or hagberry) tree.

Meanings of Hackwork:

noun

Dull, unoriginal writing.

Usage examples:

His book is a shoddy piece of hack work

Meanings of Had:

verb

Possess, own, or hold.

Usage examples:

He had a new car and a boat

auxiliary verb

Used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.

Usage examples:

I have finished

noun

People with plenty of money and possessions.

Usage examples:

An increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

Past simple and past participle of have

Usage examples:

We had a dog when i was growing up.

adjective

To be tricked

Usage examples:

Did you ever get the feeling you've been had? well, when it comes to the web, you're not alone.

Meanings of Had best:

idiom

Act in one's own or everybody's best interest

Meanings of Hadal:

adjective

Relating to the zone of the sea greater than 6000 m in depth (chiefly oceanic trenches).

Usage examples:

The hadal environment (water depths greater than 6000m) is one of the last habitats on earth to be …

Meanings of Haddock:

noun

A silvery-grey bottom-dwelling fish of north atlantic coastal waters, related to the cod. it is popular as a food fish and is of great commercial value.

Usage examples:

But if you can't find the best cod, then use chunky hake, haddock or sea bass fillets instead.