tack

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tæk/ Rhymes: -æk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tak, takke (“hook; staple; nail”), from Old Northern French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”), of unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, from the root *déHgʰ- (“to pinch; to tear, rip, fray”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), West Frisian takke (“branch”), tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”). ==== Alternative forms ==== tache ==== Noun ==== tack (countable and uncountable, plural tacks) A small nail with a flat head. Hyponym: thumbtack A thumbtack. Coordinate term: pushpin (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem. (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board. (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Hyponyms: saddle, stirrup, bridle, halter (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties. Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind. Hyponyms: hardtack, soft tack Near-synonyms: biscuit, bread That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. (obsolete) Confidence; reliance. ===== Synonyms ===== (nautical maneuver): coming about ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”), from the noun (see above). ==== Verb ==== tack (third-person singular simple present tacks, present participle tacking, simple past and past participle tacked) (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head). To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth). To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding. Synonym: tack weld (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other. Synonym: change tack Antonym: wear Coordinate term: sail close to the wind (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. Synonym: beat Antonym: run To add something as an extra item. to tack (something) onto (something) Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”). (slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== tacky ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Tack (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Blu-Tack === Etymology 3 === From an old or dialectal form of French tache. See techy. Doublet of tache. ==== Noun ==== tack (plural tacks) A stain; a tache. (obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint. a musty tack ==== References ==== (en, flavour or taint): 1893, Joseph Wright, The English dialect dictionary (page 4) (en, flavour or taint): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Etymology 4 === Back-formation from tacky. ==== Noun ==== tack (uncountable) (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy. === Etymology 5 === From Middle English tak, take (“fee, tax (on livestock)”), from Old Norse tak, taka (“a taking, seizure; revenue”), from Old Norse taka (“to take”). Cognate with Scots tack. ==== Noun ==== tack (plural tacks) (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. ==== See also ==== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tack”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “tack”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === ATCK, Tkac == Scots == === Alternative forms === tak === Etymology === From Middle English tak, take, from Old Norse tak, taka (“a taking, revenue”). === Noun === tack (plural tacks) Lease, tenancy The period of such a contract A leasehold; especially, the tenure of a land or a farm. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish þak, from Runic Swedish þakk, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Cognates include English thank, German Dank, Danish tak and Norwegian Nynorsk takk/Norwegian Bokmål takk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tak/, /tɑk/ === Interjection === tack thanks, thank you Synonym: (emphatic) tack snälla (“thank you so much”) please (to add politeness) Synonym: (in polite requests) är du snäll ==== Usage notes ==== Like in English, another way to add politeness is to turn requests into possibilities (the more remote, the politer). See skola for examples. A pleading please (like, "Please, don't do it!") is snälla. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tacka === Noun === tack n a thank you, a thanks (phrase or gesture that expresses gratitude) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tusen tack === See also === förlåt (“I'm sorry”) hygglig hygglo schysst skola (for other ways to make expressions polite) snälla (“please (when pleading)”) tack och bock tackar och bockar ursäkta (“excuse me”) är du snäll === Notes === === References === tack in Svensk ordbok (SO) tack in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) tack in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)