tacktæk(n.)

1. a short, sharp-pointed nail, usu. with a broad, flat head.

   Category: Building Trades

2. a course of action, esp. one differing from some preceding or other course:

   took the wrong tack.

3. the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction. a course run obliquely against the wind. one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.

   Category: Nautical, Navy

4. the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail. a rope for extending this.

   Category: Navy, Nautical

5. one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.

6. a stitch, esp. a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.

7. a fastening, esp. of a slight or temporary kind.

8. stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue.

   Category: Building Trades

9. the gear used in equipping a horse.

10. (v.t.)to fasten with tacks.

    Category: Building Trades

11. to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.

12. to join together.

13. to attach as something supplementary; append (often fol. by on).

14. to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack. to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

15. to put a saddle, bridle, etc., on (a horse).

16. (v.i.)to tack a sailing vessel. (of a sailing vessel) to change course in this way.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

17. to take or follow a zigzag course or route.

18. to change one's course of action, ideas, etc.

19. to put a saddle, bridle, etc., on a horse (usu. fol. by up).

Origin of tack:

1350–1400; ME tak buckle, clasp, nail, akin to MD tacke, tac twig, MHG zacke point, peak

tack′er(n.)

tacktæk(n.)

1. food; fare.

Origin of tack:

1740–50; orig. uncert.