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🔫 A stapling tool 👷 A fastening worker 🧵 A sewing helper
tacker

tacker

7.6
A hand tool that pushes staples into materials to hold them together
  • noun
  • /ˈtækər/
translation icon : grampadora
  • He used a tacker to fix the fabric to the wooden frame.

Examples

  • The tacker jammed after I tried to staple too many layers at once.

  • Please pass me the tacker so I can finish this upholstery project.

  • He used a tacker to secure the fabric onto the wooden frame.

  • The tacker is essential for any upholstery project.

  • He used a tacker to secure the fabric onto the wooden frame.

  • Please pass me the tacker so I can finish this upholstery project.

  • The tacker jammed after I tried to staple too many layers at once.

Synonyms

stapler
vstacker
27 1.0

A small tool that holds papers together using metal clips

is used more widely to join objects and tougher materials than paper
staple gun
vstacker
7 3.6

A hand tool that pushes metal clips into wood or fabric to hold them

is similar but more general and not limited to heavy-duty fastening
staplegun
vstacker
4.5

A hand tool that pushes metal staples into wood or fabric

is the same device but named differently in some contexts
tack hammer
vstacker
5.7

A small light hammer used to drive small nails into wood

relies on driving heavier metal fasteners rather than light pins with a small tool
nailer
vstacker
3.8

A tool that pushes metal pins into wood to hold things together

uses U-shaped metal fasteners to hold materials rather than long pointed pins

How Powerful

staple gun
7 3.6
tacker
7.6
stapler
27 1.0

Surface Forms

tacker singular
tackers plural

Morphology

tacker = tack (transparent) = tack + er

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'tack' with the agent/instrument suffix '-er', yielding either a device or person who tacks.

Etymology

Tacker comes from the base tack, which means 'to fasten with small nails or stitches', plus the ending -er that makes the name of a tool. So a tacker is a small hand tool used to fasten materials quickly with staples.