Definitions for tack
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. tacknoun

   the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

2. tacknoun

   a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

3. stable gear, saddlery, tacknoun

   gear for a horse

4. sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroudnoun

   (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

5. tack, tackingnoun

   (nautical) the act of changing tack

6. tackverb

   sailing a zigzag course

7. tackverb

   fasten with tacks

   "tack the notice on the board"

8. tack, wear roundverb

   turn into the wind

   "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

9. assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack togetherverb

   create by putting components or members together

   "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

10. baste, tackverb

    sew together loosely, with large stitches

    "baste a hem"

11. append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang onverb

    fix to; attach

    "append a charm to the necklace"

12. interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flopverb

    reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. tacknoun

   A small nail with a flat head.

2. tacknoun

   A small, sharp, nail-like object used especially to affix thin items to thicker ones, but not heavily used in carpentry.

3. tacknoun

   A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

4. tacknoun

   The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.

5. tacknoun

   A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.

6. tacknoun

   A direction or course of action, especially a new one.

7. tacknoun

   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. tacknoun

   The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.

9. tacknoun

   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.

10. tackverb

    To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).

11. tackverb

    To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).

12. tackverb

    To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.

13. tackverb

    To add something as an extra item.

    to tack (something) onto (something)

14. tackverb

    Often with "up"", to place the tack on a horse.

15. tacknoun

    The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tacknoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A small nail.2. The act of turning ships at sea.

   At each tack our little fleet grows less,
   And, like maim’d fowl, swim lagging on the main. Dryd.

   3. To hold Tack. To last; to hold out. Tack is still retained in Scotland, and denotes hold or persevering cohesion.

   Martilmas beefe doth bear good tacke,
   When countrey folke do dainties lacke. Thomas Tusser.

   If this twig be made of wood
   That will hold tack, I’ll make the fur
   Fly ’bout the ears of that old cur. Hudibras, p. i.

2. To Tackverb

   Etymology: tacher. Breton.

   1. To fasten to any thing.

   Of what supreme almighty pow’r
   Is thy great arm, which spans the East and West,
   And tacks the centre to the sphere. George Herbert.

   True freedom you have well defin’d:
   But living as you list, and to your mind,
   And loosely tack’d, all must be left behind. Dryden.

   The symmetry of cloaths fancy appropriates to the wearer, tacking them to the body as if they belonged to it. Nehemiah Grew.

   Frame with sticks driven into the ground, so as to be covered with the hair-cloth, or a blanket tacked about the edges. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   If a corner of a hanging wants a nail to fasten it, tack it up. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To join; to unite; to stitch together.

   There’s but a shirt and an half in all my company; and the half shirt is two napkins tack’d together, and thrown over the shoulders like a herald’s coat without sleeves. William Shakespeare.

   I tack’d two plays together for the pleasure of variety. Dryden.

   They serve every turn that shall be demanded, in hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees, to the great discouragement of the inferior clergy. Jonathan Swift.

3. To Tackverb

   To turn a ship.

   Etymology: probably from tackle.

   This verseriam they construe to be the compass, which is better interpreted the rope that turns the ship; as we say, makes it tack about. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii.

   Seeing Holland fall into closer measures with us and Sweden, upon the triple alliance, they have tacked some points nearer France. William Temple.

   On either side they nimbly tack,
   Both strive to intercept and guide the wind. Dryden.

   They give me signs
   To tack about, and steer another way. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TACK

   TACK is a group of archaea acronym for Thaumarchaeota (now Nitrososphaerota), Aigarchaeota, Crenarchaeota (now Thermoproteota), and Korarchaeota, the first groups discovered. They are found in different environments ranging from acidophilic thermophiles to mesophiles and psychrophiles and with different types of metabolism, predominantly anaerobic and chemosynthetic. TACK is a clade that is close to the branch that gave rise to the eukaryotes. It has been proposed that the TACK clade be classified as Crenarchaeota and that the traditional "Crenarchaeota" (Thermoproteota) be classified as a class called "Sulfolobia", along with the other phyla with class rank or order.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tack

   Tack refers to various things in different contexts: 1) In sailing, it refers to change in direction by turning a boat's head into and through the wind. 2) It can also refer to equipment used in horse riding, including saddles, stirrups, bridals, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, and other supporting equipment. 3) In general, it refers to a small, sharp, often short nail, with a broad flat head. 4) It can also mean an approach or method in handling situations or solving a problem. 5) In terms of food, tack refers to food suitable for consumption. 6) In adhesion, tack refers to the stickiness of a surface.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tacknoun

   a stain; a tache

2. Tacknoun

   a peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack

3. Tacknoun

   a small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head

4. Tacknoun

   that which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3

5. Tackverb

   a rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom

6. Tackverb

   the part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)

7. Tackverb

   the direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction

8. Tackverb

   a contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease

9. Tackverb

   confidence; reliance

10. Tackverb

    to fasten or attach

11. Tackverb

    especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder

12. Tackverb

    in parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to

13. Tackverb

    to change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course

14. Tackverb

    to change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tack

   Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts, variously a part of a sail, and an alignment with the wind. When using the latter sense, the maneuver of turning between starboard and port tack is either tacking or jibing.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tack

   tak, n. a short, sharp nail with a broad head: a fastening, a long temporary stitch: the weather clew or foremost lower corner of any of the courses, or of any sail set with a boom or gaff, or of a flag, also the rope by which such clew or tack is confined or fastened: the course of a ship in reference to the position of her sails: a determinate course, the art of tacking, hence a change of policy, a strategical move: a shelf for drying cheese: term of a lease: adhesiveness, sticky condition, as of varnish, &c.—v.t. to attach or fasten, esp. in a slight manner, as by tacks.—v.i. to change the course or tack of a ship by shifting the position of the sails: to shift one's position, to veer.—adj. Tack′y, adhesive, viscous. [Most prob. Celt., Ir. taca, a pin, Bret. tach, a nail.]

2. Tack

   tak, n. (prov.) any distinctive and permanent flavour.

3. Tack

   tak, n. food generally, fare, esp. of the bread kind, as hard tack, soft tack, &c.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tack

   A rope to confine the weather lower corners of the courses and staysails when the wind crosses the ship's course obliquely. Also, the rope employed to haul out the lower outer clue of a studding-sail to the boom-end. With jibs and fore-and-aft sails, the tack confines them amidships. A ship is said to be on the tack of the side from which the wind comes: even if it be on the quarter.--To tack. To go about, to change the course from one board to another from the starboard to the port tack, or vice versâ. It is done by turning the ship's head suddenly to the wind, whereby her head-sails are thrown aback, and cause her to fall off from the wind to the other tack. The opposite to wearing.

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1. TACK

   What does TACK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TACK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TACK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tack is ranked #17033 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tack surname appeared 1,668 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Tack.
   
   90.7% or 1,513 total occurrences were White.
   2.9% or 49 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 42 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.5% or 42 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 15 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Change Of Course
   • Create
   • Fasten
   • Gear
   • Heading
   • Join
   • Nail
   • Navigation
   • Sew

How to pronounce tack?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tack in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tack in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tack in a Sentence

1. Stephen Colbert:

   The way I was going to approach talking to him about this subject, which I knew he didn’t want to talk about, was people in the movie talk about rumors of sexual impropriety by one of the characters. At like minute 42, one of the characters says ‘can you separate the artist from the rumors about him?’ How would you answer that question? That was going to be my tack.

2. Austin Nunn:

   That's the good news. The bad news is every single time( Milos Raonic steps) it literally feels like Milos Raonic's stepping on a tack or jellyfish, is the equivalent, milos Raonic is trying to get ready to play the French Open.

3. Element Pointe Dominguez:

   You need a combination of active versus passive investments, the problem with active funds is that you can outperform by picking good stocks. But once you tack on management fees, it's hard to beat a broader market ETF.

4. Tommy Boy:

   Richard Okay... seatbelts. Just put the little thing into the big thing and... I tell ya what. If you don't know how to fasten your seatbelt, just raise your hand and I'll have Tommy Boy here come back there and hit you in the head with a tack hammer because you're a RETARD

5. Tom Pennington/Getty Images:

   Expected those penalties. Just to show you what I read right before we kick off, what I read was ‘major concern: this group calls a lot of ticky-tack, they call a lot of penalties, and that's gonna be a concern for us today,’.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tack
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tack
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tack
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tack
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tack
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tack
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=tack
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html