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Definition: Tack |
TackNoun1. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails. 2. A short nail with a sharp point and a large head. 3. Gear for a horse. 4. A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. 5. (nautical) the act of changing tack. 6. Sailing a zigzag course. Verb1. Fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board". 2. Turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tack" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | A contract by which the owner of land or property(the "lessor")allows another person(the "lessee")to use that land or property for a specified time, usually in return for the payment of "rent" Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | The property of an adhesive that enables it to form a bond of measurable strength immediately after adhesive and adherend are brought into contact under low pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | The resistance of an adhesive to traction while it still is in a condition of viscous or plastic flow. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Term used to describe surface adhesiveness of rubber compound before cure. The ability of tread rubber to stick to casing. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A small pillar of coal. (references) |
Transportation | The forward lower corner of a sail. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tack is the collective term for the various accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.Saddles
Saddles are seats for the rider, fastened to the horse's back by means of a wide strap (a girth or cinch) that goes around the horse at a point about four inches behind the forlegs. Some saddles will also have a second strap (flank cinch) that fastens at the rear of the saddle and goes around the widest part of the horse's belly.
It is important that the saddle is comfortable for both the rider and the horse - an improperly fitting saddle may rub and cause the horse pain and eventually injury. Usually a saddle will be inspected annually and the stuffing modified to correct the fit.
There are many types of saddles, each specially designed for its given task.
Stirrups
- English Saddles
- Jumping Saddle
- Hunt Saddle
- Dressage Saddle
- Western Saddle
- Roping Saddle
- Barrel Racing Saddle
- Park Saddle
- Side Saddle
- Military Saddle
Stirrups are supports for the rider's feet that hang down on either side of the saddle. The invention of stirrups was of great significance in mounted combat, giving the rider a secure footing while on horseback. At the same time, the stirrups are problematic, due to the tendency for feet to get stuck in them in dire moments, causing the rider to be dragged. Because of this fact, there have been designed new, breakaway stirrups.
Bridles and halters
Bridles and halters are an arrangement of straps around the horse's head used for communicating with the animal. Bridles are used for riding horses (and contain a bit), halters are more general-purpose (no bit). A hackamore is a type of bitless bridle.
Bits
A bit is a piece of (usually) metal that is placed in the horses mouth. Despite popular opinion, the bit does not rest on the teeth of the horse. The bit hangs in a space behind the front (cutting) teeth and in front of the back (grinding) teeth. This space is known as the "bar". When a horse is said to "grab the bit in its teeth" they actually mean that the horse hardens its lips and mouth against the bit to ignore the riders commands. Bits offer varying degrees of control and communication between rider and horse, depending upon their design
The types of bits are too numerous to list, but here are some examples:
Harness A harness is a complicated set of straps that attaches a horse to a cart. There are as many kinds of harnesses as there are carts to attach to a horse.
- Curb bit
- Snaffle bit
- Gag bit
- Pelham bit
Associated Accoutrements
- Spurs
- Whip
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Horse tack."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In sailing, the tack is the lower corner of the sail's leading edge. On a sloop rigged sailboat, the mainsail tack is connected to the mast and the boom at the gooseneck. On the same boat, a foresail tack is clipped to the hull and forestay.Also, a "tack" is the maneuver where a sailboat (yacht) turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other. Contrast with gybe. In small boats with low booms, the skipper typically announces, "Ready about" to prepare the crew for the tack and the swinging of the boom. Upon the acknowledgement of the crew, the skipper announces, "Coming about" (sometimes alternatively "Helm's a-lee") during the actual tacking. "Coming about" is an alternate term for "tacking".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tack."
Synonyms: TackSynonyms: mainsheet (n), saddlery (n), sheet (n), shroud (n), stable gear (n), tacking (n), weather sheet (n), wear round (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Addition | Verb: add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose; clap on, saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce; (interpose); insert. |
Change | Verb: change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume. |
Connection | Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post. |
Cooperation | Side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack. |
Cunning | Adjective: cunning, crafty, artful; skillful; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; designing, contriving; intriguing;Verb: strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving; artificial; tricky, tricksy; wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy; underhand; (hidden); subdolous; deceitful; slippery as an eel, evasive; crooked; arch, pawky, shrewd, acute; sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle; canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff. |
Deviation | Stray, straggle; sidle; diverge; tralineate; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy. |
Direction | Noun: direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency; incidence; bending, trending; Verb: dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage. |
Failure | Go amiss, go wrong, go cross, go hard with, go on a wrong tack; go on ill, come off ill, turn out ill, work ill; take a wrong term, take an ugly term; take an ugly turn, take a turn for the worse. |
Intelligence Wisdom | Adjective: intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute; quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to; (cognizant); clever; (apt); arch; (cunning); pas si bete; acute. |
Junction | Verb: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody; roll into one. |
Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span. | |
Method | Path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack. |
Sharpness | Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca. |
Cutting; sharp edged, knife edged; sharp as a razor, keen as a razor; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; sharpened; Verb: set | |
Tergiversation | Verb: change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from; (relinquish); waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | As a tack. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Yeah, I'm sitting on a tack. (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns) I'm sitting on a rather sharp tack. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rederiet Tack och hej (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Newcastle light with sailboat on the port tack. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Upper Buzzards Bay just south of the Atlas and Tack Superfund site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Rouge River Ranch - (left-to-right) Caretaker's (red) house, (white) Tack House, and (white) barn. Credit: Unknown. |  | Rogue River Ranch - Tack House. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Defender and Columbia about to tack. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | We were silent for awhile, and then Arthur went off on another tack. |
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| "Tack" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.99% of the time. "Tack" is used about 427 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.99% | 333 | 15,728 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.71% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.6% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.47% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 427 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tack" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tack | Last name | 1,000 | 10,970 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "tack": be on the right tack ♦ be on the wrong tack ♦ carpet tack ♦ False tack ♦ go upon another tack ♦ hard tack ♦ preventer tack ♦ sail on the same tack ♦ sharp as a tack ♦ tack about ♦ tack board ♦ tack down ♦ tack hammer ♦ tack in ♦ Tack of a flag ♦ tack of sail ♦ tack on ♦ Tack pins ♦ tack smth. down ♦ Tack tackle ♦ tack to ♦ tack together ♦ tack up ♦ tailor's tack ♦ thumb tack ♦ tie tack ♦ tin tack ♦ To hold tack ♦ to tack ♦ try another tack. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "tack": tack-free, tack-heads, tack-room, tack-sharp, Tack-tack-too. | |
Ending with "tack": Blu-tack. | |
Containing "tack": tick-tack man, tick-tack-toe. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
horse tack | 2,663 | draft horse tack | 34 |
tack | 1,702 | tack auction | 33 |
state line tack | 360 | used horse tack | 32 |
stateline tack | 346 | cowboy tack | 32 |
tack shop | 172 | tack trunk | 30 |
western tack | 166 | discount tack | 29 |
tack box | 68 | equine tack | 24 |
tack store | 61 | discount horse tack | 24 |
english tack | 58 | wholesale horse tack | 23 |
miniature horse tack | 56 | tack room | 23 |
saddle and tack | 50 | hard tack | 22 |
western horse tack | 45 | tack sale | 22 |
wholesale tack | 45 | bedford tack | 21 |
pony tack | 41 | horse tack supply | 21 |
tie tack | 41 | feed marys tack | 18 |
horse tack for sale | 40 | tack horse auction | 18 |
used tack | 38 | schneiders tack | 18 |
american tack hardware | 37 | arabian horse tack | 17 |
tack trunks | 35 | tack in the box | 16 |
email horse horse miniature tack | 34 | tack cloth | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thumb (clapper, cleat, dart, nipple, Pike, sneer, Spike, sting, stinger, taunt, tongue of bell, wisecrack), ushqim (aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, chow, chuck, comestible, cuisine, diet, dish, eatables, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, foodstuff, grub, input, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pot luck, provender, repast, supply, sustenance, table, Tommy), mbërthej me thumba, litar (cable, halyard, hanging, lasher, lashing, line, rope, tether), lëviz me zigzage, kurs (course, exchange, quotation, rate, routing, school), ildisje, ildis (baste), gozhdë (cleat, nail, Spike). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسمار للورق, مسمار صغير (pin), مسمار (brad, nail, pin, rivet, spike, staple), وجهة السفينة, غير سياسته, حبل لتثبيت زاوية, جانب سفينة, إتخذ سبيلا متعرجا, ألحق (annex, append, attach, join, subjoin, suffix, supplement, tag), أضاف (add, add up to, affix, annex, append, guest, host, insert, reckon, schedule, subjoin, supplement, tot), ثبت بمسمار صغير, شرج فستانا للقياس, شرج (baste, rectum, vent). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гвоздейче с широка главичка, променям рязко линията си, променям рязко курса си, линия (foot rule, line, rule, ruler, score, set, side, streak), лавирам (beat, board, claw, trim), лепкавост (adhesiveness, stickiness, stringiness, viscidity, viscosity), закачам с кабърчета, прибавям (add, add in, add on, admix, affix, append, eke out, interpolate, join, put in, stick in, superadd, supplement, tag, tail, tail on, take on, throw in), глупости (all my eye, applesauce, balderdash, baloney, blague, blah, bleat, blether, boloney, bosh, bull, buncombe, cod, crap, drivel, eyewash, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flapdoodle, footle, fudge, guff, gup, hokum, humbug, jiggery pokery, junk, kibosh, monkey business, monkeybusiness, nonsense, nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rhubarb, rot, rubbish, shucks, slush, stuff and nonsense, tommy rot, truck, trumpery), ъгъл на платно, кабърче (drawing pin, pushpin), курс (course, footsteps, lode, market, path, quotation, race, rate of exchange, route, run, way), тропосвам (baste), тропоска (running stitch), халс, храна (aliment, board, boarding, chow, chuck, diet, dietary, eating, edibles, fare, feed, fodder, food, fuel, meal, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, rations, scran, sustenance, viands, victuals), заковавам с гвоздейчета. (various references) | |
Chinese | 大 釘 , 大头'. (various references) | |
Czech | taktika (line, tactic, tactics), smìr (course, direction, movement, tendency, trend, way), přistehovat, připnout (stick), připínáèek, připíchnout (pin), přidat (add), přibít (nail), napínáèek (drawing pin, thumbtack), linie (rank, waistline), kurs (course, quotation, track), jídlo (chop suey, dish, feed, food, meal, nurture, repast, sustenance, tuck, victual, victuals), hrubý steh, hřebík (nail, tooth), dlouhý steh. (various references) | |
Danish | tap (butt, chuck, core, disc pivot, dowel, hinge bolt, journal, peg, pintle, pivot, shoulder, spigot, spike tooth, sprue, tap, tenon, wire nail), tand (tooth), tack, traedsoem (spike tooth, wire nail), pig (barb, spike, spike tooth, wire nail), halsbarm (tack of sail), hurtiglim, klæbeevne (adhesiveness, bond, sticking property), klæbeevne af uvulkaniseret gummi, klaebe (to glue), hals (neck), lejekontrakt (lease), pigtand (spike tooth, wire nail), sekundlim, stift (bar, dowel, gaff, lead, spigot, spike tooth, wire nail), klaebeevne (adhesion, stickiness, tackiness). (various references) | |
Dutch | trekweerstand (pull resistance, tackiness, tractive resistance), tacks, stift (bar, dowel, joggle, lead, pin, post, spike tooth, wire nail), plakkracht, pikkerigheid (tackiness), ongevulcaniseerde hechting, ogenblikkelijke hechting, loefzijde, kleverigheid (adhesiveness, stickiness, tackiness), kleine spijkertjes, huurcontract (lease), halstalie, halshoorn (tack of sail), hals (handle, knob, neck), draadnagel (nail). (various references) | |
Farsi | پونززدن , پونز (Thumbtack), میخ سرپهن کوچک , میخ زدن (Joggle, Peg, Stud), مشی (Demarche, Gang), ضمیمه کردن (Accompany, Affix, Annex, Attach), خوراک (Cuisine, Dish, Fare, Feed, Grub, Meat, Nourishment, Nutrition, Repast, Tucker, Viand), رویه (Comportment, Cover, Instep, Ism, Metier, Procedure, Scheme, Surface, Tenor, Top, Upper, Vamp). (various references) | |
Finnish | tartunta (contagion, infection), tarttuvuus (bond, tackiness, tenacity), nupinaula, nupi, nauli, nasta (drawing-pin, jolly good, spike, stud), luovia, harsia (baste). (various references) | |
French | tack, bâtir, état collant (tackiness), cheville (tap), changer la direction, brouette, bordée, bail, collant cru, amures, amure, adhésivité, adhérence instantanée, état poisseux (tackiness), état gluant (tackiness), bord, pointe, semence, sellerie, punaise (thumb tack), prise instantanée, prise initiale, clou, poisseux (tacky), clouer, point d'amure (tack of sail), pégosité, faufiler, faire une bordée, essayer une autre tactique, dent, pouvoir collant (tackiness). (various references) | |
German | stift (ball-point, Brad, cathedral chapter, crayon, diocese, felt tip, foundation, gib, nail, nib, panel pin, peak, peg, pen, pencil, pin, pivot, point, seminary, spike, summit, tip), heften (baste, basting, clip, crimp, peg up, pin, rivet, sew, sew on, sew together, staple, stitch, tack up). (various references) | |
Greek | ναυτική πορεία, δόντι (tooth), το κολλώδες, αλλάσσω διεύθυνση, αλλάσσω τακτική, αναστροφή (inversion, retroversion), ωμή επικόλληση, πινέζα (drawing pin, thumbtack), προσκολλητικότητα (adhesion, stickiness, tenacity), πρόποδας (tack of sail), διεύθυνση πλού, μικρή σφήνα (spike tooth, wire nail), καρφώνω (fasten with nails, nail, peg, peg out, pin, rivet, skewer, sprig), ξερό μπισκοτάκι (cram), βόλτα (ride, stroll, walk), γωνία (angle, coign, corner, nook), γωνία ιστίου, συγκόλληση στιγμής, σπράγγα, κολλητικότητα (contagiousness, infectiousness), καρφί (clincher, nail, stud), καρφάκι (pin), μούρα (tack of sail). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ית" (nail, pale, peg, pin, stake, strut, stud, wedge), לחבר ב עצים, ל"כליב (baste, stitch), לצרף (add, affix, associate, attach, combine, join, tag), פקימ", כוון (aim, course, direction, intention, intonation, lead, orientation, tendency, tenor, way), עץ (drawing pin, stud, thumbtack, tin tack). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rajzszeg (drawing pin, push-pin, thumbtack, tin tack). (various references) | |
Italian | dente (cog, Fang, peg, prong, sprocket, tooth), adesivit (adhesion, adhesiveness, stickiness, sticking property, tackiness), affitto (hire, lease, let, rent, tenancy), angolo di mura, appiccicosit (stickiness), bordata (board, leg), bordeggiare (beat, to tack), bulletta (hobnail), chiodo (fixed idea, nail, pin, piton, Spike, stud), collosit , adesione cruda, contratto di locazione (guideline lease, lease, rental agreement), semenza (seed pearls), imbastire (baste, outline), imbastitura (hat-form), imbullettare, inchiodare (fix, nail, nail down, rivet), incollaggio istantaneo, linea di condotta (policy), locazione (lease, renting, sale and lease back, tenancy), mura (wall), punta (bit, Cape, drill, end, headland, jag, lace, peak, pinch, point, prick, prong, Spike, spire, summit, tang, tip, toe, top, touch), punto di mura (tack of sail), contratto d'affitto (lease). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鋲 (hobnail, rivet, thumbtack), タス通信 (assault, cigarettes, tag out, tag up, tap, tap dance, TASS News Agency, tax, tax haven, tobacco, touch, touch up, touchscreen). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | びょう (hobnail, rivet, second, thumbtack), タック . (various references) | |
Korean | 압 . (various references) | |
Manx | taggadey, taggad (collar stud, stud). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acktay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tacha (fingernail, hobnail, nail). (various references) | |
Romanian | viscozitate (clamminess, mucilage, ropiness, viscosity), schimba direcţia (haul, swing, switch, wheel round), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, take, tie, work), frânghie care leagã colţul, curs (act, channel, course, current, duration, flow, lapse, lecture, progress, quotation, rate, session, swim, train, trend), cuişor, cui cu cap rotund, adãuga (accede, add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, complete, enclose, enlarge, extend, follow up with, prefix, schedule, superinduce, supervene, supplement, swell), însãilãturã, însãila (baste, tack together), împunsãturã (butt, cant, dig, jab, jeer, jest, pang, prick, prod, stick, stitch, thrust), ţintui (arrest, charm, clench, clinch, fascinate, fasten, fasten on, fasten upon, fix, nail, nail down, peg at, pin, rivet, stud), ţintã (aim, blaze, butt, clout, design, end, goal, hobnail, ideal, nail, object, objective, peg, pin, purport, purpose, pursuit, target, weltnail, whither). (various references) | |
Russian | кнопка (button, drawing pin, fastener, go button, knob, push button, pushbutton, pushpin, thumbtack, tin tack). (various references) | |
Scottish | tacaid (a tack). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | taktika (tactics), ugao između linije broda i pravca vetra, uže (cable, rope, strop, trace, twine), sklepati (knock off, knock together, toss off), promeniti pravac, pribiti ekserčićem, menjanje pravca (tacking), jedriti protiv vetra, ekserčić, donji deo jedra, dodati (add, add to, affix, annex, append, hand, lace, pass, reach, subjoin). (various references) | |
Spanish | tachuela (tin tack), amura (bows, stern X). (various references) | |
Swedish | tråckla, stift (Brad, canonry, diocese, Flint, needle, peg, pencil, pin, pins, style), spik (hobnail, nail), nubb (nail), häftstift (drawing pin, drawing-pin, thumbtack). (various references) | |
Thai | การเปลี่ยนเรื่อง, ทิศทางเ"ินเรือ, ตะขอเกี่ยว. (various references) | |
Turkish | tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clasp, clip, fasten, hasp, infix, insist, latch, pin, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack together), teyellemek (backstitch, baste, tack together, whip), rüzgâra karşı volta vurma, besin (aliment, food, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition, nutritional, pabulum, sustenance, sustentation), birleştirmek (aggregate, ally, amalgamate, assemble, associate, colligate, combine, compound, confederate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, pool, put to, put together, reunite, stick together, tag, unify, unite, wed to), eklemek (add, adjoin, affix, annex, append, attach, insert, interlard, interpolate, join, join together, joint, link, link up, piece, put in, put on, put to, run in, slap on, splice, subjoin, suffix, superimpose, supplement, throw in, write in), geçici olarak tutturma, geminin rüzgâra göre yaptığı yön değişikliği, gemiyi çevirmek, çakmak (be aware of, be ploughed, be plowed, beetle, cotton on to, drive, drive in, flash, flunk, gaslighter, ground, hammer, land, lighter, pitch, ram, root, rumble, spin, stick, strike, tack down, twig, understand), katmak (add, adjoin, affiliate, ally, annex, append, include, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interpolate, join, load, mingle, mix, number, put in, run in, superadd, tinge, weave), yol (angle, approach, Avenue, channel, cutting, expedient, gateway, handle, itinerary, journey, meatus, outlet, path, road, route, thoroughfare, trail, via, walk, way, weigh, wise), rüzgâra karşı volta vurmak (back and fill, beat against the wind), raptiye (clip, drawing pin, fastener, paper clip, pin, staple, thumbtack), raptiyelemek (fasten, staple), yöntem (cast, deal, form, gateway, how, line, method, modality, mode, modus, order, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, rite, system, technic, technics, technique, the way, way, wise), yiyecek (aliment, chow, comestibles, eatables, fare, food, forage, grub, keep, nurture, prog, provender, scran, tuck, victual), iri başlı küçük çivi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стібок (stitch), іти галсами, кнопка (button, stud), галс, напрям (bearings, course, direction, lay, line, range, road, school, sect, set, tenor, tide, trend), лавірувати, прикріплювати (hold on, tack on), приметувати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chính sách (rebel, rebellion), đ" ăn đinh đầu bẹt. (various references) | |
Welsh | brasbwytho (baste). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | taque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tack": tackboard, tackboards, tacked, tacker, tackers, tacket, tackets, tackey, tackier, tackiest, tackified, tackifier, tackifiers, tackifies, tackify, tackifying, tackily, tackiness, tackinesses, tacking, tackle, tackled, tackler, tacklers, tackles, tackless, tackling, tacklings, tacks, tacky. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tack": attack, counterattack, hackmatack, hardtack, haystack, postattack, reattack, restack, retack, smokestack, stack, thumbtack, ticktack, unstack, untack. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tack": attacked, attacker, attackers, attacking, attackman, attackmen, attacks, counterattacked, counterattacker, counterattackers, counterattacking, counterattacks, hackmatacks, hardtacks, haystacks, reattacked, reattacking, reattacks, restacked, restacking, restacks, retacked, retacking, retackle, retackled, retackles, retackling, retacks, smokestacks, stackable, stacked, stacker, stackers, stacking, stacks, stackup, stackups, thumbtacked, thumbtacking, thumbtacks, ticktacked, ticktacking, ticktacks, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoes, tictacked, tictacking, unstacked, unstacking, unstacks, untacked. (additional references) | |
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"Tack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atick, dtac, Fack, gack, Gtatcc, Qtac, taaak, taak, tabk, tacc, taci, tacke, tackl, Tacq, tacu, tacy, tahki, tak, Takaka, takki, taku, talck, tark, tawk, teck, tici, Tieck, tinck, Tkacz, tocak, trck, tsac, ttock, tucc, tvc, tyack, zack. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tack" (pronounced ta"k) |
| 3 | t a" k | attack, stack. |
| 2 | -a" k | aback, back, black, clack, crack, Dak, Flack, flak, hack, Jack, knack, lac, lack, Mac, Mack, Pac, pack, plack, plaque, quack, rack, repack, sac, sack, shack, slack, smack, snack, track, unpack, wack, whack, wrack, yack, Yak. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-t" | |
-1 letter: act, cat, kat. | |
-2 letters: at, ka, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-k-t" | |
+1 letter: stack, tacks, tacky, thack, track. | |
+2 letters: antick, attack, casket, catkin, jacket, klatch, packet, racket, retack, stacks, tacked, tacker, tacket, tackey, tackle, talcky, thacks, thwack, tracks, untack. | |
+3 letters: amtrack, anticks, attacks, backbit, backfit, backlit, backout, backset, bracket, cakiest, caskets, catkins, catlike, catwalk, comatik, cutback, cutbank, fatback, hackbut, hatrack, hotcake, jackets, jackpot, karstic, katcina, klatsch, mattock, oatcake, outback, packets, placket, rackets, rackety, restack, retacks, retrack, sackbut, setback, stacked, stacker, stackup, tackers, tackets, tackier, tackify, tackily, tacking, tackled, tackler, tackles, talcked, teacake, thacked, thwacks, tieback, tomback, tracked, tracker, tripack, unstack, untacks, wetback. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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