Tack
noun
A short, sharp-pointed nail, often with a flat, broad head.
She stepped on a tiny tack that was left on the floor.
noun
Approach or strategy towards a task or problem.
He took a different tack and approached the problem from a new angle.
Often appears as...
- take a different tack
- change tack
noun
A course or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
The tack of the ship was adjusted to avoid the storm.
Often appears as...
- change tack
- on the same tack
verb
Attach or fasten with a tack or tacks.
She tacked a notice on the bulletin board.
verb
Navigate a vessel diagonally across the direction of a flowing or blowing entity.
The sailor had to tack upwind to reach the desired destination.
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noun
A short, sharp-pointed nail, often with a flat, broad head.
She stepped on a tiny tack that was left on the floor.
noun
Approach or strategy towards a task or problem.
He took a different tack and approached the problem from a new angle.
Often appears as...
- take a different tack
- change tack
noun
A course or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
The tack of the ship was adjusted to avoid the storm.
Often appears as...
- change tack
- on the same tack
verb
Attach or fasten with a tack or tacks.
She tacked a notice on the bulletin board.
verb
Navigate a vessel diagonally across the direction of a flowing or blowing entity.
The sailor had to tack upwind to reach the desired destination.
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/1Physical Object
Remember, it's a small nail used for fixing materials temporarily or in a less durable fashion.
The poster was held up with tacks on the corners.
Pro Tip 1/1Physical Object
Remember, it's a small nail used for fixing materials temporarily or in a less durable fashion.
The poster was held up with tacks on the corners.
Pro Tip 1/1Physical Object
Remember, it's a small nail used for fixing materials temporarily or in a less durable fashion.
The poster was held up with tacks on the corners.
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How we can teach...
So, in the lab, I've been creating art as a way to help me design better experiences for bleeding-edge technology. And it's been serving as a catalyst to beef up the more human ways that computers can relate to us. Through art, we're tacking some of the hardest questions, like what does it really mean to feel?
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Addiction is a disease....
that people inherit and that people develop. So the Obama administration has taken a different tack on drug policy. We've developed and implemented a comprehensive plan to expand prevention services, treatment services, early intervention and recovery support.
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The art of the metaphor...
Those splinters and tacks feel real, they hurt your own feet and your own heart, but the mother is describing her life here, not her actual house. And hunger, and cold, exhausting work and poverty are what's also inside those splinters.
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David Brooks: The social...
Twenty percent of kids do not have those relationships. They are what we call avoidantly attached. They have trouble relating to other people. They go through life like sailboats tacking into the wind -- wanting to get close to people,
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Stefan Sagmeister: The...
And then tacked on at the end of it are about 15 years for retirement. And I thought it might be helpful to basically cut off five of those retirement years and intersperse them in between those working years.
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Strange answers to the...
yourself some corporate Psychopaths so I gave it a try wrote to the Enron people I said could I covered it for you in prison to find out if your Psychopaths they didn't reply so I changed tack I
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With Horses' Help, Army...
get there I'm going to donate all my tack and all my ponies to heroes and horses so I believe this program is amazing and it's going to help a lot of veterans
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Making food transparent...
worldwide now let me show you all these foot scanner actually works okay so I'm going to tack the cake here I'm not going to eat it and just going to make
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Top 5 Tiger Moments PIPE...
the deep cover allows her to move faster than usual she changes tack her best weapon is surprise she could be anywhere
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Best Tiger Cub Moments...
behind the deep cover allows her to move faster than usual she changes tack her best weapon
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How we can teach...
So, in the lab, I've been creating art as a way to help me design better experiences for bleeding-edge technology. And it's been serving as a catalyst to beef up the more human ways that computers can relate to us. Through art, we're tacking some of the hardest questions, like what does it really mean to feel?
Video examples
Addiction is a disease....
that people inherit and that people develop. So the Obama administration has taken a different tack on drug policy. We've developed and implemented a comprehensive plan to expand prevention services, treatment services, early intervention and recovery support.
Video examples
The art of the metaphor...
Those splinters and tacks feel real, they hurt your own feet and your own heart, but the mother is describing her life here, not her actual house. And hunger, and cold, exhausting work and poverty are what's also inside those splinters.
Video examples
David Brooks: The social...
Twenty percent of kids do not have those relationships. They are what we call avoidantly attached. They have trouble relating to other people. They go through life like sailboats tacking into the wind -- wanting to get close to people,
Video examples
Stefan Sagmeister: The...
And then tacked on at the end of it are about 15 years for retirement. And I thought it might be helpful to basically cut off five of those retirement years and intersperse them in between those working years.
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
yourself some corporate Psychopaths so I gave it a try wrote to the Enron people I said could I covered it for you in prison to find out if your Psychopaths they didn't reply so I changed tack I
Video examples
With Horses' Help, Army...
get there I'm going to donate all my tack and all my ponies to heroes and horses so I believe this program is amazing and it's going to help a lot of veterans
Video examples
Making food transparent...
worldwide now let me show you all these foot scanner actually works okay so I'm going to tack the cake here I'm not going to eat it and just going to make
Video examples
Top 5 Tiger Moments PIPE...
the deep cover allows her to move faster than usual she changes tack her best weapon is surprise she could be anywhere
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Best Tiger Cub Moments...
behind the deep cover allows her to move faster than usual she changes tack her best weapon
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
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Michael Dell
American Businessman
I can't ever remember being struck by lightning when making a big decision. It's always about taking in more and more data points and making tack adjustments as you figure it out. I call customers, suppliers, industry analysts and try to get as much information as possible.
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Marilyn Minter
American Artist
My entire philosophy of teaching is based on the notion that when an artist finds a certain process really effortless, that's probably what he or she should choose to do. So often, students take the opposite tack; they have no use for the skills that come easily to them.
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Nicole Maines
American Actress
We tried our best to work with the school and with the other families in the school system, and we did a gradual transition. I started transitioning when I was in first grade, and every year we kind of tacked a new thing on to it.
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Van Heflin
I often come across a script I would like to do, but when it comes down to brass tacks I find the producer won't allow enough practice time.
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Robert Crais
American Author
I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes.
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Loretta Swit
American Actress
I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats.
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Jonathan Ive
English Designer
Often when I talk about what I do, making isn't just this inevitable function tacked on at the end.
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John Ashbery
American Poet
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
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Les Dennis
My thing has always been to change tack, do something that challenges me.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
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Michael Dell
American Businessman
I can't ever remember being struck by lightning when making a big decision. It's always about taking in more and more data points and making tack adjustments as you figure it out. I call customers, suppliers, industry analysts and try to get as much information as possible.
Quote examples
Marilyn Minter
American Artist
My entire philosophy of teaching is based on the notion that when an artist finds a certain process really effortless, that's probably what he or she should choose to do. So often, students take the opposite tack; they have no use for the skills that come easily to them.
Quote examples
Nicole Maines
American Actress
We tried our best to work with the school and with the other families in the school system, and we did a gradual transition. I started transitioning when I was in first grade, and every year we kind of tacked a new thing on to it.
Quote examples
Van Heflin
I often come across a script I would like to do, but when it comes down to brass tacks I find the producer won't allow enough practice time.
Quote examples
Robert Crais
American Author
I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes.
Quote examples
Loretta Swit
American Actress
I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats.
Quote examples
Jonathan Ive
English Designer
Often when I talk about what I do, making isn't just this inevitable function tacked on at the end.
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John Ashbery
American Poet
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
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Les Dennis
My thing has always been to change tack, do something that challenges me.
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