Found 1 items, similar to tacks.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tack tack v 1: fasten with tacks; “tack the notice on the board” 2: turn into the wind; “The sailors decided to tack the boat”; “The boat tacked” [syn: wear round] 3: make by putting pieces together; “She pieced a quilt”; “He tacked together some verses” [syn: assemble, piece, put together , set up, tack together] [ant: disassemble] 4: sew together loosely, with large stitches; “baste a hem” [syn: baste] 5: fix to; attach; “append a charm to the necklace” [syn: append, tag on, tack on, hang on] 6: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop] tack n 1: the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails 2: a short nail with a sharp point and a large head 3: gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery] 4: (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud] 5: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: tacking] 6: sailing a zigzag course