Phrasal verb tack on something (Definition of tack from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

tack — / (AmE /tæk/ – BrE /tæk/)/ — Sabitleme aracı; denizcilikte rüzgâra göre yön alma hareketidir. Eski İngilizce tac hattı, tutturma fikrini stratejik ma... — Synonyms: pin, approach — 236 translations in Tureng English-Turkish Dictionary

Do you change tack or tact? Although some believe the word tact is short for tactics in phrases like "change tact" or "try a different tact," the correct word in such contexts is tack.

Define tack. tack synonyms, tack pronunciation, tack translation, English dictionary definition of tack. n. 1. A short, light nail with a sharp point and a flat head.

Phrasal verb tack on something (Definition of tack from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

A tack is the windward side of a sailing craft (side from which the wind is coming while under way)—the starboard or port tack. Generally, a craft is on a starboard tack if the wind is coming over the starboard (right) side with sails on port (left) side.

If you tack pieces of material together, you sew them together with big, loose stitches in order to hold them firmly or check that they fit, before sewing them properly.

TACK definition: a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head. See examples of tack used in a sentence.

Windsurfer rig – Sailors of windsurfers tack by walking forward of the mast and letting the sail swing into the wind as the board moves through the eye of the wind; once on the opposite tack, the sailor realigns the sail on the new tack.

Naval Terms to change the course of a sailing vessel by bringing the head into the wind and then causing it to fall off on the other side: He ordered us to tack at once.