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/tˈæk/
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[ US /ˈtæk/ ]
[ US /ˈtæk/ ]
VERB
-
sew together loosely, with large stitches
baste a hem -
create by putting components or members together
They set up a committee
She pieced a quilt
He tacked together some verses -
fasten with tacks
tack the notice on the board -
turn into the wind
The boat tacked
The sailors decided to tack the boat -
fix to; attach
append a charm to the necklace - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
NOUN
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- sailing a zigzag course
- gear for a horse
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
How To Use tack In A Sentence
- A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
- Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
- Defensive tackle is a bit more of a crapshoot, but the one thing they must make sure of is that whomever they take has a brilliant mind.
- Foam attack: Thieves broke into vending machines at Teesdale's new sports centre at Barnard Castle to steal ￡100 cash.
- Arguing that FDR provoked the attack was Gore Vidal, novelist, provocateur, T. V. icon, and one of the greatest English-language essayists alive.
- Initially von Leeb, using troops borrowed from von Bock, was able to mount a concerted attack both on the defensive positions of the southern suburbs and the area north of the main rail line to Moscow, their objective being the historic village now a suburb of Schlüsselburg, right on Lake Ladoga. Deathride
- ALLAHABAD - As the country marked the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district turned up at the bank of the Ganga Thursday to witness the "hanging" of terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
- The dead men could have been the victims of mistaken identity. Their attackers may have wrongly believed them to be soldiers.
- Wanat was a horrific insurgent attack on a U.S. combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan last summer that left nine soldiers dead and 27 wounded. Way Up In The Sky Is The Leader Of The Greatest Band Of All Time | ATTACKERMAN
- The Cologne goalkeeper signalled his potential by publicly attacking the legendary Bayern Munich Maoist Paul Breitner for his heavy drinking, smoking and gambling though not, strangely enough, for his scrofulous appearance. Note to England's rugby players: embrace Der Aggro | Harry Pearson
