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- [tak]
- /tæk/
- /tæk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tak]
- /tæk/
Definitions of tack word
- noun tack a lease, especially on farmland. 1
- noun tack a rented pasture. 1
- noun tack a catch, haul, or take of fish. 1
- verb with object tack to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor. 1
- verb with object tack to secure by some slight or temporary fastening. 1
- verb with object tack to join together; unite; combine. 1
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Origin of tack
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (noun) Middle English tak buckle, clasp, nail (later, tack); cognate with German Zacke prong, Dutch tak twig; (v.) Middle English tacken to attach, derivative of the noun; see tache, attach
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Parts of speech for Tack
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tack
verb tack
- affix — If you affix one thing to another, you stick it or attach it to the other thing.
- baste — If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
noun tack
- bend — When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- byway — A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- dean — A dean is an important official at a university or college.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
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