tack
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- noun
- /tæk/
- Specialized
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- During the race, they had to change the tack frequently to adjust to the shifting winds.
Examples
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The sailor adjusted the tack to optimize the sail's position against the wind.
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You owe $9 for your meals, $6 to sleep in the stalls, $3 tack fee.
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Man the tacks!
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Harry tugs it in; his hand on top of Judy's little one sets the angle of the tiller for this tack.
Fiction book (1990) -
There's a larboard tack.
Fiction book (2001) -
He made sure the tack was securely attached to the lower corner of the sail.
Synonyms
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A rope used on a boat to control a sail's angle to the wind
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A rope or chain used to control the angle of a sail to the wind
A rope used to pull the main sail and change its angle to the wind
Idioms
Compounds
A game for two players who take turns marking a three by three grid to make three in a row
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tack as the rope or point at the lower corner of a sail names the place that holds the sail in position, like a fastener, which is why it shares a name with the small nail called a tack.