Taxi
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public and driven by a taxi driver.
Example sentence: It's very, very difficult to reinvent yourself when you're 40 or 50, whether you are a taxi driver who now needs to become a web designer, or anything else. It just becomes more difficult and more scary.
Hack
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having or requiring little talent.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To chop or cut down in a rough manner.To cough noisily.To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a crack.To accomplish a difficult programming task.To make a quick code change to patch a computer program.To work on an intimately technical level.To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.A flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.To swing at a pitched ball.To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).To play hackeysack.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A hacking blow.A gouge or notch made by such a blow.The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.A mattock or a miner's pick.A dry cough.An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.Time check.A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.A food-rack for cattle.A rack used to dry bricks.An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.An untalented writer.A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.
Example sentence: There's no amount of money that makes you feel better when people think of you as a joke or a hack or a failure or ugly or stupid or morally empty.