Clues for the word "TACK"

We've had 86 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 155 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on December 16, 2025.

Definition of tack

n. - A stain; a tache.
n. - A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
n. - A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
n. - That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
v. t. - A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
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).
v. t. - The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.
v. t. - A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
v. t. - Confidence; reliance.
v. t. - To fasten or attach.
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.
v. t. - In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to.
v. t. - To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
v. i. - To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.

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Daily American - December 16, 2025
New York Times - October 01, 2025
Mirror Daily - August 10, 2025
Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2025
Daily American - February 13, 2025
King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 11, 2025
Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2025
Mirror Daily - January 11, 2025
New York Times - October 13, 2024
LA Times - September 17, 2024
Evening Standard Easy - July 15, 2024
Daily American - May 18, 2024
Daily American - December 16, 2023
Mirror Daily - November 15, 2023
Evening Standard Quick - November 09, 2023
Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2023
Penny Dell Daily - July 13, 2023
King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 01, 2023
King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 30, 2023
Mirror Daily - May 14, 2023
USA Today - May 04, 2023
Daily American - February 13, 2023
LA Times - November 12, 2022
Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2022
King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 18, 2022
New York Times - May 08, 2022
Mirror Daily - January 11, 2018
Universal - December 30, 2017
Daily American - December 16, 2017
Mirror Quick - December 11, 2017
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