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tack1 British & World English

a small, sharp broad-headed nail

tack2 British & World English

equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle

tack3 British & World English

cheap, shoddy, or tasteless material

bar tack British & World English

a stitch made to strengthen a potential weak spot in a garment or other sewn item

Blu-tack British & World English

a blue sticky material used to attach paper to walls

hard tack British & World English

hard dry bread or biscuit, especially as rations for sailors or soldiers

port tack British & World English

a sailboat’s heading when the wind is coming from the left, or port, side

soft tack British & World English

bread or other nourishing food, especially as eaten by sailors or soldiers

tack coat British & World English

(in road-making) a thin coating of tar or asphalt applied before a road is laid to form an adhesive bond

tack room British & World English

a room in a stable building where saddles, bridles, and other equipment are kept

tie tack (also tie tac) British & World English

a short pin with an ornamental head, used to attach the ends of a necktie to a shirt front

tin tack British & World English

a tack coated with tin

sharp as a tack in sharp British & World English

extremely clever or astute

on the port or starboard tack in tack1 British & World English

with the wind coming from the port (or starboard) side of the boat

tack something on in tack1 British & World English

add or append something to something already existing

tick-tack in tic-tac (also tick-tack) British & World English

(in the UK) a kind of manual semaphore used by racecourse bookmakers to exchange information

tick-tack-toe in tic-tac-toe (also tick-tack-toe) British & World English

North American term for noughts and crosses.

tic-tac-toe (also tick-tack-toe) British & World English

North American term for noughts and crosses.

tack English-French

clou m

tack English-German

kleiner Nagel

tack English-Italian

chiodino

tack1 English-Spanish

tachuela

tack2 English-Spanish

tack down

Blu-tack English-French

patafix®

Blu-tack English-Italian

Blu-tack®

tack on English-French

ajouter [qch] après coup

tack on English-Italian

aggiungere

tack on English-Spanish

agregar*, añadir

tack down in tack2 English-Spanish

clavar con tachuelas