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Tack On

Definition: Tack On

Tack On

Verb

1. Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Tack On

Synonyms: append (v), hang on (v), tag on (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tack On

English words defined with "tack on": A good legBoxhaulClubhaulFalse tackIt ironslateen sail, legTo heave in stays, To stand on. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tack on": BED LASTER, button bradder, button clamper, button riveter, button tacker, BUTTON-ATTACHING-MACHINE OPERATORCAGE MAKER, MACHINE, CHECKER-INFair Way, FURNITURE UPHOLSTERERhand-tier, HEEL-SEAT LASTER, MACHINE, HORSE TRAINERlast inserter, LAST REMODELER-REPAIRER, lasting-machine operator, bed, LAST-MODEL MAKER, LAST-REPAIRER HELPERmodel maker, MUFFLER INSTALLERpatent-button machine operator, automatic, PIPE FITTER, DIESEL ENGINE IIrelaster, remodelerSHAKER REPAIRER, SHIPFITTER, SIDE LASTER, STAPLE, side stapler, SLIP LASTER, SLIP-SEAT COVERER, spring setter, spring tacker, spring tier, spring upholsterer, staple lastertoe and heel laster, top-bottom-attaching-machine operator. (references)

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Modern Translations: Tack On

Language Translations for "tack on"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

ajouter après coup. (various references)

   

German

  

anstecken (be catching, be contagious, be infectious, fix on, infect, light, pin on, set alight, set fire to, to contaminate, to infest), annageln (nail, nail on, nail up, to nail on, transfix), anheften (attach, clinch, fasten, fasten on, fix on, peg, pin, pin down, pin up, tack, tacking, tape on, to clinch, to pin). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acktay onay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

добавлять к (add to, tack on to). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sumar (add, add together, add up, add up to, amount, amount to, count in, number, put together, sum up, tot, total, unite), ser añadido, echar (add, affix, blow, blow out, bud, cast, cast up, chuck, chuck out, detrude, draw, drop, eject, fall back, fasten, kick out, lay, order off, order out, oust, post, pour, pump, push out, put, put down as, put forth, put on, put out, send, send away, send forth, send out, shoot, shoot forth, shoot out, sick, tell off, throw, throw away, throw in, throw on, throw out, throw up, tick off, tip, to cast, toss, toss away, toss over, turf out, turn out), agregar (add, aggregate, attach, by adding, gather, incorporate), añadir (add, add in, add on, adjoin, affix, annex, append, by adding, cement, complement, compliment, extol, extoll, incorporate, increase, join on, lend, postfix, put on, put together, sauce, subjoin, throw in, to append). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tillägga (add, affix, allfix, annex). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

прикріплювати (hold on, tack). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tack On

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-k-n-o-t"

-1 letter: canto, cotan, octan.

-2 letters: cant, coat, conk, kaon, knot, koan, nock, nota, tack, taco, tank.

-3 letters: act, ant, can, cat, con, cot, kat, koa, not, oak, oat, oca, oka, tan, tao, ton.

-4 letters: an, at, ka, na, no, on, ta, to.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-k-n-o-t"
 

+2 letters: antilock, antirock, stockman.

 

+3 letters: ankylotic, antiknock, antishock, cornstalk, notchback, thornback.

 

+4 letters: alpenstock, antiknocks, blackthorn, cornstalks, kaolinitic, knockabout, mackintosh, notchbacks, planktonic, soundtrack, stockading, thornbacks.

 

+5 letters: alpenstocks, backcountry, blackthorns, cabinetwork, cartoonlike, cocktailing, knockabouts, soundtracks, stocktaking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tack On


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 63 6B      4F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01001111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#79 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0063 006B      004F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5467697724980

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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