What does tack mean?
Tack means A small nail with a flat head..
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/tæk/ · noun
A small nail with a flat head..
A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.
So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;
Maud Gonne’s letter about taking them off O’Connell street at night: disgrace to our Irish capital. Griffith’s paper is on the same tack now: an army rotten with venereal disease: overseas or halfseasover empire.
I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky.
When even cautious German politicians are questioning Nato’s ‘war-mongering’ actions, it’s clear that a new tack is required
The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.
Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]
Near-synonyms: biscuit, bread
Use tack when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tack means A small nail with a flat head..
Common synonyms include coming about, biscuit, bread, tack weld.
Possible antonyms include wear, gybe, run.
A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.
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