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tack
  1. A small nail with a flat head.
  2. A thumbtack.
  3. (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
  4. (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
  5. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
  6. A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
  7. (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
  8. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
  9. (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
  10. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.
  11. (chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
  12. Hardtack.
  13. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
  14. (law, Scotland) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
  15. (obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
  16. Synonyms:
  17. Examples:
    1. “Given that nothing has worked, perhaps it's time we tried a different tack.”
      “The hammer may be very small, but the actual tack itself is very sharp.”
      “The ship continued on her southeasterly tack.”
tacking
  1. loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
  2. (nautical) the act of changing tack
  3. (law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
tack
  1. A stain; a tache.
  2. (obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Given that nothing has worked, perhaps it's time we tried a different tack.”
      “The hammer may be very small, but the actual tack itself is very sharp.”
      “The ship continued on her southeasterly tack.”
tackifier
  1. (chemistry) A tackiness agent; a substance which is added in order to increase tack.
tack
  1. (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Given that nothing has worked, perhaps it's time we tried a different tack.”
      “The hammer may be very small, but the actual tack itself is very sharp.”
      “The ship continued on her southeasterly tack.”
tacket
  1. A small, broad-headed nail or tack.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And forbye that, there was a wee bit mud on the floor and a tacket mark in that!”
      “But it was a treat to see how patiently poor tacket bore his illness.”
tacker
  1. A person who, or device that tacks.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I used to watch this show when I was a little tacker and it combined precisely the right amounts of grotesquerie, intrigue, schlock and sci-fi.”
      “Use a tacker or staple gun to secure the layer of plastic below the horizontal screw strips on the sides.”
      “Instead of using poisonous glue you could nail it on or use a tacker.”
tacky
tackiness
  1. The state of being tacky
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Depending on the tackiness of the glue you use, you may have to hold each of these stands on while the glue dries.”
      “I can't remember much of the day except that we ate chips on the seafront and laughed at the sheer tackiness of everything.”
      “The primer seals the floor, increases the tackiness of the floor and improves the adhesive qualities.”
tackies
tackifiers
  1. plural of tackifier
tackinesses
tackings
  1. plural of tacking
tackets
  1. plural of tacket
tackers
tacks
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