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What (who) is TACK - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tacks; Tack (disambiguation)
tack
CLADE OF ARCHAEA
Eocyta; Bathyarchaeota; Geoarchaeota; Filarchaeota; TACK group; Bathyarchaeia
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, to
tack
CLADE OF ARCHAEA
Eocyta; Bathyarchaeota; Geoarchaeota; Filarchaeota; TACK group; Bathyarchaeia
I. v. a.
1.
Fasten (slightly), attach, append, affix, tag.
2.
Nail (with tacks).
3.
(Naut.) Put about, change the course of.
II. v. n.
(Naut.) Go about, tack ship.
III. n.
Small nail.
tack
CLADE OF ARCHAEA
Eocyta; Bathyarchaeota; Geoarchaeota; Filarchaeota; TACK group; Bathyarchaeia
tack1
¦ noun
1. a small, sharp broad-headed nail.
N. Amer. a drawing pin.
2. a long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing.
3. a course of action: there is no reason for them to change tack now.
4. Sailing an act of tacking.
a boat's course relative to the direction of the wind.
5. Sailing a rope for securing the corner of certain sails.
the corner to which such a rope is fastened.
6. the quality of being sticky.
¦ verb
1. fasten or fix with tacks or with temporary long stitches.
2. (tack something on) add something to something already existing.
3. Sailing change course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind.
make a series of such changes of course while sailing.
Derivatives
tacker noun
Origin
ME: prob. related to OFr. tache 'clasp, large nail'.
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tack2
¦ noun equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle.
Origin
C18 (in the sense 'apparatus, equipment'): contr. of tackle.
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tack3
¦ noun informal cheap, shoddy, or tasteless material.
Origin
1980s: back-form. from tacky2.
Examples of use of TACK
1. There‘s a pride about that, a real happiness about it, that appeals to English indie fans." Still, Nick Levine, promoter of London Swedish band night Tack!Tack!Tack!, admits people like the music partly because it‘s relatively obscure.
2. Evidently charm and changes of tack aren‘t enough.
3. He then suggested they simultaneously pursue another tack.
4. Mr Blair last night signalled the change of tack.
5. The Shadow Home Secretarys change of tack is understandable.