to tack
31tack|i|ly — «TAK uh lee», adverb. = stickily …
32tack|i|ness — «TAK ee nihs», noun. = stickiness …
33tack|ling — «TAK lihng», noun. gear; tackle; equipment …
34tack — at·tack·a·ble; sub·tack; tack; tack·er; tack·ety; tack·ey; tack·i·fi·er; tack·i·fy; tack·i·ness; tack·led; tack·ler; tack·ling; tick·tack·toe; tongue·tack·ed; at·tack; hack·ma·tack; tack·et; tack·le; tick·tack; chit·tack; tick·tack·too;… …
35Tack piano — The tack piano is a permanently altered version of an ordinary piano, in which tacks or nails are placed on the hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound. See… …
36tack — [[t]tæ̱k[/t]] tacks, tacking, tacked 1) N COUNT A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor. → See also thumbtack get down to brass tacks → see brass 2) VERB If you tack something …
37tack — I. /tæk / (say tak) noun 1. a short, sharp pointed nail or pin, usually with a flat and comparatively large head. 2. a stitch, especially a long stitch used in fastening seams, etc., preparatory to a more thorough sewing. 3. a fastening,… …
38tack — tack1 tacker, n. tackless, adj. /tak/, n. 1. a short, sharp pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head. 2. Naut. a. a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course. b. the lower forward corner of a course or fore and aft sail. See… …
39tack — I n. short nail 1) a carpet; thumb (AE; BE has drawing pin) tack direction of a sailing ship 2) the port; starboard tack course of action direction 3) to change tack 4) (misc.) to go off on the wrong tack II v. (d; tr.) ( to attach ) to tack onto …
40tack — {{11}}tack (n.1) clasp, hook, fastener, also a nail of some kind, late 13c., from O.N.Fr. taque nail, pin, peg, probably from a Germanic source (Cf. M.Du. tacke twig, spike, Low Ger. takk tine, pointed thing, Ger. Zacken sharp point, tooth, prong …
