hackman

[ hak-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural hack·men [hak, -m, uh, n, -men].

1. the driver of a hack or taxi.

Hackman

/ ˈhækmən /

noun

1. HackmanGene1930MUSFILMS AND TV: actor Gene. born 1930, US film actor; his films include The French Connection (1971), Mississippi Burning (1988), Absolute Power (1997), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hackman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; hack ² + man

Example Sentences

In her first big movie — Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” — she had a small role as Gene Hackman’s girlfriend and received favorable reviews.

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Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.”

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While Hackman, the chemistry teacher, spends a lot of class time reading articles, Maggie Fallon, a math teacher, said she primarily supports literacy by teaching students new vocabulary.

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But Hackman also has another responsibility: developing students’ literacy skills.

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Faiza Omar, who took Hackman’s class last school year as a junior, learned English as a second language and didn’t receive the foundational reading interventions until high school.

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