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Another word for tack

tack Synonyms

tack

n.

A short, broad-headed nail
thumbtack, glazier point, push pin, carpet tack, copper tack; see also nail, pin 1.
An oblique course
tangent, deviation, digression, variation, alteration, sweep, swerve, zigzag, yaw, echelon, sidling, siding, switch, turn-about-face*; see also turn 6.

tack Synonyms

tack

v.

To fasten lightly
pin, paste, baste, tie, nail, mount, sew, stitch, hem piece together; see also fasten 1.
To steer an oblique course
go in zigzags, zigzag, change course, turn in the wind, deviate, turn about-face, alter one's course, jibe, yaw, sheer, wear, shift, switch, shunt, bear*; see also turn 6, veer.
Antonyms straighten*, hold a course, take a straight course.

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Another word for tack

noun

A method used in dealing with something:
approach, attack, course, line, modus operandi, plan, procedure, technique. See means
An often sudden change or departure, as in a trend:
shift, turn, twist. See change

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He ran his hand through his curly hair and closed the door to the tack room.
She carried the water to Princess and then crossed the tack room to the other section of the barn.
Music drifted in from the tack room.
He yanked her away hard enough to knock the breath from her and shoved her into a small tack room.
D'Estrees, who was stationed with his squadron at the south end of the line, went to sea on the port tack, heading to the S.E.

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