Tacks

Word TACKS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /tæks/

Definitions and meanings of "Tacks"

What do we mean by tacks?

A small nail with a flat head.

A thumbtack.

A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.

A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.

A direction or course of action, especially a new one.

The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.

The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.

A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.

The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.

That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.

A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.

Confidence; reliance.

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The word "tacks" in example sentences

The Teasel was crashing to and fro, beating up in short tacks nearer and nearer to all those boats, and the road beyond them, where motor-buses were driving through the rain. ❋ Ransome, Arthur (1934)

"Well, naturally you'll work it in short tacks and hug the English side pretty close." ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

These curls must have been fastened on with glue or tin tacks, one would think, for they never moved, however much she laughed or shook her head. ❋ Unknown (1887)

Thus, in short tacks, for the thread is never very long, does the Spiderling go about, seeing the country, until she comes to a place that suits her. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

_Enterprise_ made all sail, and worked, in short tacks, outside the reef. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

They sped across and across the channel towards the stone perch in short tacks. ❋ George A. Birmingham (1907)

Patty, sucking an injured thumb, were evidently not made for driving in tacks. ❋ Unknown (1903)

It may end up working as well as the rest of his campaign tacks - in other words, it may backfire. ❋ Robert Costa (2010)

I applaud you for sticking with substance and not taking the "tacks" bait. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

The points at which major inputs occur are listed, but for the sake of clarity minor consumables such as tacks, cements and finishing solutions ❋ Unknown (1982)

He then pastes, or "tacks," the first and last whip-stitched signatures to the signatures next them, this pasting being only, say, an eighth of an inch wide along the back edge. ❋ Various (N/A)

Such boxes, or two-piece diminutive kegs, are used as containers for articles shipped and sold in small bulk, such as tacks, small nails, and brads. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The framework, on wheels in front -- the distinctive characteristic of the plough -- is called collectively "tacks," and the shafts of the plough rest on it loosely, so that they swing or work almost independently, not unlike a field-gun limbered up. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

After the 4min mark, she gets down to brass tacks which is that, in this case, in spite of homosexuals tact-so-far being "force it to a vote", ... when the vote fails to achieve the goal, they fall back on "it's not supposed to be voted on ... it's a right." ❋ Unknown (2010)

He said they had strayed into Iranian waters not marked on their maps, after winds dropped and they were forced to make wide 'tacks' in the boat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Remember that ritual, celebration, and symbolic 'tacks' to reality are what keep bonds warm and cordial, they're a bypass on our more negative/animalistic traits as they stir something epic within us and of course make it feel like we're actually human beings with a higher civilization and it lends the feeling that there is a grand unifying spirit and healthy cultural identity rather than the sense that we're all separated, that the tears of a stranger are water, and that our base senses are the only things that aren't phony or conniving. ❋ Unknown (2009)

a boat "tacks," or "goes about" -- in other words, when it goes round frequently, and sails, now leaning on one side, and, at the next tack, on the other side. ❋ R. [Illustrator] Richardson (1859)

This is complicated by the fact that the language is evolving and most people now use the word “corporation” exclusively to refer to an ill-defined subset of business corporations; when we get down to brass tacks, however, there is very little to distinguish UAW local 292 (incorporated 1944) from Chrysler LLC (originally incorporated in 1925). ❋ Unknown (2010)

(Pushing the nautical metaphor a little too far, someone should warn him that he will run aground if he only tacks to theleft ....) ❋ Unknown (2010)

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