hacker
— Noun
– English
~ one who works hard at boring tasks
hacker
— Noun
– English
~ a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm; "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers"
hacker
— Noun
– English
~ someone who plays golf poorly
hackney
— Noun
– English
~ a compact breed of harness horse
hackney coach
— Noun
– English
~ a carriage for hire
hackneyed
— Adjective
– English
~ repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"