tack

  • 41tack — Horse tack is all the gear that comes with owning a horse. The bridle, saddle, bit, girths, cinches, saddle pads, lead ropes, halters, whips, stirrup irons and stirrup leathers, horse boots, and most other horse things are tack. Riding equipment …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 42tack — See: get down to brass tacks, go sit on a tack, sharp as a tack …

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  • 43tack — 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》… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 44tack — 1. noun 1) tacks held the carpet down Syn: pin, thumbtack, pushpin, nail, staple, rivet, stud 2) the boat bowled past on the opposite tack Syn: heading, bearing, course, track …

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  • 45tack on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tack on : present tense I/you/we/they tack on he/she/it tacks on present participle tacking on past tense tacked on past participle tacked on to add something extra, especially something that does not seem to… …

    English dictionary

  • 46tack — [1] A term used to describe the sticky quality of a rubber compound. [2] The sticky quality of an adhesive film, either while wet or after the film has set. Technically it is the pull resistance (measured in dynes) exerted by a material… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 47tack — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a small sharp broad headed nail. 2 US a drawing pin. 3 a long stitch used in fastening fabrics etc. lightly or temporarily together. 4 a the direction in which a ship moves as determined by the position of its sails and regarded… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 48tack up — verb To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.) Ant: detack …

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  • 49Tack — Recorded as Tace, Tack, Tacke, Thacke, Tackes, the diminutives Tackett, Tackle, Tackell, the patronymics Tackes and Takes, and the genitives Tacker, Taker, and possibly others, this is an English surname, although probably one of French origins.… …

    Surnames reference

  • 50tack — Synonyms and related words: MO, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, affix, algorithm, alter, alteration, ameliorate, annex, append, approach, articulate, attach, attack, azimuth, back and fill, back band, backstrap, baste, batten, batten down, be… …

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