Antonyms for tack
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : tak |
| Phonetic Transcription : tæk |
Definition of tack
Origin :- "clasp, hook, fastener," also "a nail of some kind," late 13c., from Old North French taque "nail, pin, peg," probably from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch tacke "twig, spike," Low German takk "tine, pointed thing," German Zacken "sharp point, tooth, prong"); perhaps related to tail. Meaning "small, sharp nail with a flat head" is attested from mid-15c. The meaning "rope to hold the corner of a sail in place" is first recorded late 14c.
- noun course of movement
- noun short pin for attaching
- verb attach
- It is well enough on this tack, but I would have you tell me what I am to do on the other.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- We were able to lay past the enemy on this tack, and fairly got to windward of them.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- For two days and one night we had it, tack and tack, with her.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- She will do this until she manages to get around on one tack or the other.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Archie gained on every tack and come about for the run a full minute afore us.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He fell over a baby carriage, and I gained a tack 'fore he got up.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Josiah was gazing at the yellow sand-cliffs that, on every tack, grew nearer.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- And now you're off on the other tack; you're trying to sit on the artist in you that you may develop the woman.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- There was not sea-room to wear and bear up on the other tack.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- If we make the Hook Light before we tack, I shall say we 're lucky.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for tack
- add
- affix
- aim
- alteration
- annex
- append
- approach
- baste
- bearing
- bend
- brad
- deflection
- deviation
- digression
- direction
- double
- echelon
- fasten
- fix
- heading
- hem
- line
- method
- mount
- nail
- oblique course
- paste
- path
- pin
- plan
- point
- point of sail
- procedure
- pushpin
- set
- sew
- shift
- siding
- sidling
- staple
- stitch
- sweep
- swerve
- switch
- tactic
- tag
- tangent
- thumbtack
- tie
- turn
- variation
- way
- yaw
- zigzag
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