to tack
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4.9
- verb
- /tæk/
- Using Maddie's techniques, I tacked the well logs up on the wall, where I could see them better.
- tacked to the wall
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- And in those cases, then if it's needed, they can use a laser to just ZAP it and tack it down so that you don't develop a retinal attachment.
- Let's start to tack on a fasting window.
- But we're still aware we're but we're, we're just not tacked into the headset anymore.
Examples
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Can't you see this is a new title page just tacked on?
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I cleared a place on my desk and tacked her photo to the wall.
Academic text (2012) -
Just tack it right on to the end of this function here.
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Later in the day, I tack the words up on our word wall.
Academic text (2012) -
I have a few signs to tack up around campus.
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I've just tacked them up for the time being.
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The name of the embroiderer is written on a piece of paper that is tacked onto a completed cloth.
Academic text (2005) -
Faded posters of past performances, mostly ripped and patchy, were tacked onto the walls.
Fiction book (1997) -
I cleared a place on my desk and tacked her photo to the wall.
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Later in the day, I tack the words up on our word wall.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team
∞
1.0
To attach something to a surface or push it into with a point
702
1.0
To fasten things together by making a knot with string or rope
599
2.5
To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together
167
1.0
To fasten something with a small pointed object
154
2.9
To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy
107
1.8
Stay attached to a surface
88
2.7
Put something on a surface so it stays in place
87
4.2
To join parts together to make something whole
83
1.0
To join things using a sticky substance
71
1.0
To attach something with a thin pointed piece of metal
71
1.3
To attach things using a sticky strip
38
1.0
To fasten things together using a small metal or plastic device
35
3.7
To attach papers together with a small bent metal wire
30
4.1
Add something extra that was not planned
21
5.0
To attach something to another thing by sticking or fastening it
7
3.6
To attach something to a wall or board with a pin
5
5.4
To fasten something to a surface with a small nail or pin
5
2.0
To fasten something using a small pin
4
3.4
To add something extra at the end
1
4.7
To join parts quickly in a careless, temporary way
1
9.5
To join two pieces of wood by driving a nail at an angle through one into the other
1
9.1
To fasten thin pieces of wood with small nails
To fasten something with small nails used in shoes or furniture
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Compounds
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1.6
A game for two players who take turns marking a three by three grid to make three in a row
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tack (verb) comes from the small nail called a tack, so to 'fasten' or attach something quickly is like pinning it in place with that little nail.