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noun
1.
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
2.
Nautical.
a.
a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course.
b.
the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail.
c.
the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction.
d.
a course run obliquely against the wind.
e.
one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.
3.
a course of action or conduct, especially one differing from some preceding or other course.
4.
one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.
5.
EXPANDa stitch, especially a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.
6.
a fastening, especially of a temporary kind.
7.
stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue or of a printing ink or gummed tape; adhesiveness.
8.
COLLAPSEthe gear used in equipping a horse, including saddle, bridle, martingale, etc.
verb (used with object)
9.
to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor.
10.
to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.
11.
to join together; unite; combine.
12.
to attach as something supplementary; append; annex (often followed by on or onto).
13.
EXPANDNautical.
a.
to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack.
b.
to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks.
14.
COLLAPSEto equip (a horse) with tack.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom15.
Nautical.
a.
to change the course of a sailing vessel by bringing the head into the wind and then causing it to fall off on the other side: He ordered us to tack at once.
b.
(of a sailing vessel) to change course in this way.
c.
to proceed to windward by a series of courses as close to the wind as the vessel will sail.
16.
to take or follow a zigzag course or route.
17.
to change one's course of action, conduct, ideas, etc.
18.
to equip a horse with tack (usually followed by up): Please tack up quickly.
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| tack1 (tæk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a short sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat and comparatively large head |
| 2. | (Brit) a long loose temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc |
| 3. | See tailor's-tack |
| 4. | a temporary fastening |
| 5. | stickiness, as of newly applied paint, varnish, etc |
| 6. | nautical the heading of a vessel sailing to windward, stated in terms of the side of the sail against which the wind is pressing |
| 7. | nautical |
| a. a course sailed by a sailing vessel with the wind blowing from forward of the beam | |
| b. one such course or a zigzag pattern of such courses | |
| 8. | nautical |
| a. a sheet for controlling the weather clew of a course | |
| b. the weather clew itself | |
| 9. | nautical the forward lower clew of a fore-and-aft sail |
| 10. | a course of action differing from some previous course: he went off on a fresh tack |
| 11. | on the wrong tack under a false impression |
| —vb | |
| 12. | (tr) to secure by a tack or series of tacks |
| 13. | (Brit) to sew (something) with long loose temporary stitches |
| 14. | (tr) to attach or append: tack this letter onto the other papers |
| 15. | nautical to change the heading of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack |
| 16. | nautical to steer (a sailing vessel) on alternate tacks |
| 17. | (intr) nautical (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a different tack or to alternate tacks |
| 18. | (intr) to follow a zigzag route; keep changing one's course of action |
| [C14 tak fastening, nail; related to Middle Low German tacke pointed instrument] | |
| 'tacker1 | |
| —n | |
| 'tackless1 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
tack
"food," 1833, perhaps a shortening and special use of tackle in the sense of "gear." Hard-tack was originally "ship's biscuit," soft-tack being bread.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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