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Definitions for Tacker

[1] a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
[2] Nautical . a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course. the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail. the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction. a course run obliquely against the wind. one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.
[3] a course of action or conduct, especially one differing from some preceding or other course.
[4] one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.
[5] a stitch, especially a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.
[6] a fastening, especially of a temporary kind.
[7] stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue or of a printing ink or gummed tape; adhesiveness.
[8] the gear used in equipping a horse, including saddle, bridle, martingale, etc.
[9] to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor.
[10] to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.
[11] to join together; unite; combine.
[12] to attach as something supplementary; append; annex (often followed by on or onto ).
[13] Nautical . to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack. to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks.
[14] to equip (a horse) with tack.
[15] Nautical . 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. (of a sailing vessel) to change course in this way. to proceed to windward by a series of courses as close to the wind as the vessel will sail.
[16] to take or follow a zigzag course or route.
[17] to change one's course of action, conduct, ideas, etc.
[18] to equip a horse with tack (usually followed by up ): Please tack up quickly.
[19] on the wrong tack , under a misapprehension; in error; astray: His line of questioning began on the wrong tack.
[20] a person or thing that tacks
[21] Australian slang a young person; child
[22] a short sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat and comparatively large head
[23] British a long loose temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
[24] See tailor's-tack
[25] a temporary fastening
[26] stickiness, as of newly applied paint, varnish, etc
[27] nautical the heading of a vessel sailing to windward, stated in terms of the side of the sail against which the wind is pressing
[28] nautical a course sailed by a sailing vessel with the wind blowing from forward of the beam one such course or a zigzag pattern of such courses
[29] nautical a sheet for controlling the weather clew of a course the weather clew itself
[30] nautical the forward lower clew of a fore-and-aft sail
[31] a course of action differing from some previous course he went off on a fresh tack
[32] on the wrong tack under a false impression
[33] (tr) to secure by a tack or series of tacks
[34] British to sew (something) with long loose temporary stitches
[35] (tr) to attach or append tack this letter onto the other papers
[36] nautical to change the heading of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack
[37] nautical to steer (a sailing vessel) on alternate tacks
[38] (intr) nautical (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a different tack or to alternate tacks
[39] (intr) to follow a zigzag route; keep changing one's course of action
[40] informal food, esp when regarded as inferior or distasteful See also hardtack
[41] riding harness for horses, such as saddles, bridles, etc (as modifier ) the tack room
[42] a lease
[43] an area of land held on a lease

Words nearby Tacker

tacktacit, tacitean, taciturn, taciturnity, tacitus, tack, tack claw, tack hammer, tack rag, tack room, tack welding

Origin of Tacker

11300–50; (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

Words that may be confused with Tacker

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, tacktack, tact, track, tract, tacks, tax

Other words from Tacker

tack·er , noun
tack·less , adjective

Word origin for Tacker

C15: from tak a Scots word for take