tack
noun
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
had tacked
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past perfectof tack.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Through Tuesday, Bunge’s stock had tacked on 6% in 2025 and Archer-Daniels-Midland shares had hiked up 22.4%, while the S&P 500 had advanced 13%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
This homeowner had tacked together treated landscape timbers and laid them on the grass with some coarse gravel scattered about.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Over the doorways to their bedrooms and kitchen, the Buddhist monks had tacked up calligraphy written on thick paper, enigmatic jokes and prayers.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
The gloom was worsened by the plastic and curtains that he had tacked over the windows and by the soot that covered the walls, ceilings, and doorways.
From Salon ● May 2, 2020
Dean and Seamus were already getting into bed; Seamus had pinned his Ireland rosette to his headboard, and Dean had tacked up a poster of Viktor Krum over his bedside table.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
