tack
1[ tak ]
/ tæk /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Idioms for tack
on the wrong tack, under a misapprehension; in error; astray: His line of questioning began on the wrong tack.
Origin of tack
1First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English tak, take, takke “buckle, clasp, nail” (later, “tack”); “protective metal plate (on a cart),” from Old North French taque “back of a chimney”; cognate with German Zacke “prong, point,” Dutch tak “twig, bough”; the verb is derivative of the noun; see tache, attach
OTHER WORDS FROM tack
tacker, nountackless, adjectiveDefinition for tack (2 of 3)
Origin of tack
2First recorded in 1740–50; origin uncertain
Definition for tack (3 of 3)
tack3
[ tak ]
/ tæk /
noun Scot. and North England.
a lease, especially on farmland.
a rented pasture.
a catch, haul, or take of fish.
Origin of tack
3First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English tak, takke, tac “fee paid to a lord, customary fee,” from Old Norse tak “hold, grasp, seizure, goods”; see origin at take
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British Dictionary definitions for tack (1 of 4)
tack1
/ (tæk) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of tack
tackless, adjectiveWord Origin for tack
C14 tak fastening, nail; related to Middle Low German tacke pointed instrument
British Dictionary definitions for tack (2 of 4)
Word Origin for tack
C19: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for tack (3 of 4)
tack3
/ (tæk) /
noun
- riding harness for horses, such as saddles, bridles, etc
- (as modifier)the tack room
Word Origin for tack
C20: shortened from tackle
British Dictionary definitions for tack (4 of 4)
tack4
/ (tæk) /
noun Scot
a lease
an area of land held on a lease
Word Origin for tack
C15: from tak a Scots word for take
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Idioms and Phrases with tack
tack
see get down to brass tacks; on the right tack; sharp as a tack.
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