Home
3D
Stylish English
Comic Cartoon
Curly
Decorative
Dingbats
Dotted
Famous
Fire
Gothic
Groovy
Handwriting
Headline
more
Horror
Ice Snow
Modern
Outline
Russian
Sci Fi
Script
Valentine
Alien
Animals
Army Stencil
Asian
Bitmap Pixel
Black Letter
Blurred
Brush
Celtic Irish
Chalk Crayon
Christmas
Computer
Disney
Distorted
Easter
Fantasy
Fixed Width
Graffiti
Greek Roman
Halloween
Italic
LCD
Medieval
Mexican
Movies Tv
Old English
Old School
Pointed
Retro
Rock Stone
Rounded
School
Scratched
Serif
Square
Trash
Typewriter
USA
Various
Western
English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Definition of tack
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tack is as below...
Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is
usually
fastened;
the
foremost
lower
corner
of
fore-and-aft
sails,
as of
schooners
(see
Illust.
of
Sail)..
Lern More About Tack
☛ Wiki Definition of Tack
☛ Wiki Article of Tack
☛ Google Meaning of Tack
☛ Google Search for Tack
Impugn
::
Impugn
(v. t.) To
attack
by words or
arguments;
to
contradict;
to
assail;
to call in
question;
to make
insinuations
against;
to
gainsay;
to
oppose.
Chapel
::
Chapel
(v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light
breeze)
so to turn or make a
circuit
as to
recover,
without
bracing
the
yards,
the same tack on which she had been
sailing..
Worry
::
Worry (v. t.) To
harass
by
pursuit
and
barking;
to
attack
repeatedly;
also, to tear or
mangle
with the
teeth..
Vaccination
::
Vaccination
(n.) The act, art, or
practice
of
vaccinating,
or
inoculating
with the
cowpox,
in order to
prevent
or
mitigate
an
attack
of
smallpox.
Cf.
Inoculation..
Rigging
::
Rigging
(n.)
DRess;
tackle;
especially
(Naut.),
the
ropes,
chains,
etc., that
support
the masts and spars of a
vessel,
and serve as
purchases
for
adjusting
the
sails,
etc. See
Illustr.
of Ship and
Sails..
Attacking
::
Attacking
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Attac.
Tack
::
Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is
usually
fastened;
the
foremost
lower
corner
of
fore-and-aft
sails,
as of
schooners
(see
Illust.
of
Sail)..
Conversion
::
Conversion
(n.) A
change
of
front,
as a body of
troops
attacked
in the
flank..
Stroke
::
Stroke
(v. t.) The act of
striking;
a blow; a hit; a
knock;
esp., a
violent
or
hostile
attack
made with the arm or hand, or with an
instrument
or
weapon..
Breeching
::
Breeching
(n.) The sheet iron
casing
at the end of
boilers
to
convey
the smoke from the flues to the
smokestack.
Rampant
::
Rampant
(v.)
Rising
with fore paws in the air as if
attacking;
-- said of a beast of prey,
especially
a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg
should
be
raised
higher
than the
left..
Attempt
::
Attempt
(n.) A
essay,
trial,
or
endeavor;
an
undertaking;
an
attack,
or an
effort
to gain a
point;
esp. an
unsuccessful,
as
contrasted
with a
successful,
effort..
Aggressive
::
Aggressive
(a.)
Tending
or
disposed
to
aggress;
characterized
by
aggression;
making
assaults;
unjustly
attacking;
as, an
aggressive
policy,
war,
person,
nation..
Tack
::
Tack (v. t.)
Especially,
to
attach
or
secure
in a
slight
or hasty
manner,
as by
stitching
or
nailing;
as, to tack
together
the
sheets
of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to
another;
to tack on a board or
shingle;
to tack one piece of metal to
another
by drops of
solder..
Charge
::
Charge
(v. t.) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to
attack.
Ambush
::
Ambush
(v. t.) A
concealed
station,
where
troops
or
enemies
lie in wait to
attack
by
surprise..
Spar
::
Spar (v. i.) To use the fists and arms
scientifically
in
attack
or
defense;
to
contend
or
combat
with the
fists,
as for
exercise
or
amusement;
to box..
Hackmatack
::
Hackmatack
(n.) The
American
larch
(Larix
Americana),
a
coniferous
tree with
slender
deciduous
leaves;
also, its
heavy,
close-grained
timber.
Called
also
tamarack..
Remonstrant
::
Remonstrant
(n.) one of the
Arminians
who
remonstrated
against
the
attacks
of the
Calvinists
in 1610, but were
subsequently
condemned
by the
decisions
of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See
Arminian..
Machicolation
::
Machicolation
(n.) An
opening
between
the
corbels
which
support
a
projecting
parapet,
or in the floor of a
gallery
or the roof of a
portal,
shooting
or
dropping
missiles
upen
assailants
attacking
the base of the
walls.
Also, the
construction
of such
defenses,
in
general,
when of this
character.
See
Illusts.
of
Battlement
and
Castle..
Random Fonts
Most Popular
Privacy Policy
GDPR Policy
Terms & Conditions
Contact Us