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81tack hammer — a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head. See illus. under hammer. [1885 90] * * * …
82tack room — a room in or near a stable for storing saddles, harnesses, and other tack. [1955 60] * * * …
83tack up — verb To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.) Ant: detack …
84Tack — Recorded as Tace, Tack, Tacke, Thacke, Tackes, the diminutives Tackett, Tackle, Tackell, the patronymics Tackes and Takes, and the genitives Tacker, Taker, and possibly others, this is an English surname, although probably one of French origins.… …
85tack — Synonyms and related words: MO, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, affix, algorithm, alter, alteration, ameliorate, annex, append, approach, articulate, attach, attack, azimuth, back and fill, back band, backstrap, baste, batten, batten down, be… …
86Tack — food; fare: hard tack …
87tack — I Australian Slang food; fare: hard tack II Jamaican Slang Glossary Bullet. III Yorkshire Dialect Piece work IV Rasta Dictionary bullet V North Country (Newcastle) Words to take VI …
88tack — n 1. squalor, shabbiness, seediness, bad taste. A back formation from the earlier Americanism, tacky. Tackiness is an alternative noun form. (Very often tacki ness refers to the quality, tack to the evidence thereof.) 2. British cannabis. A term… …
89tack — tæk n. short pointed nail with a broad flat head; zigzag course of a ship sailing against the wind; sewing stitch used to temporarily fasten cloth together; riding gear (Equestrian); course of action v. affix with a tack; append, add as an… …
90tack something on — add something to something already existing. → tack …
