tack

[US]/tæk/
[UK]/tæk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.large-headed nail, flat-headed nail;course, change of direction; method
vt.fasten with a flat-headed nail, supplement

Phrases & Collocations

tack on

tackling the issue

tackling a project

tackling a challenge

tack welding

bar tack

Example Sentences

a tack room; tack accessories.

ready to tack on the captain's signal.

to use a tacking stitch

he hammered the tack in.

tacked the carpet down.

The ship tacked to starboard.

to put a few tacks in

The boat tacked into harbor.

Kangaroos came to the tacker, tacker villadom from miles around.

I tacked the carpet down; she tacked the material together.

She tacked the pleats down.

We were sailing on starboard tack.

the brig bowled past on the opposite tack .

cooking the sugar to caramel gives tack to the texture.

she spent the entire night tacking back and forth.

tacked two dollars onto the bill.

She tacked a ribbon on to her hat.

He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.

The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth.

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