Clues for the word "TACK"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 157 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on June 14, 2026.
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.
Referring Clues
- Small fastener
- Equestrian gear
- Sailing maneuver
- Bulletin board item
- Sail a zigzag course
- Bulletin board affixer
- Zigzag movement
- Sticker
- Yachter's heading
- Poster holder
- Bulletin board fastener
- Course of action
- Strategy
- Glue
- Change directions, in yachting
- Zigzag movement, at sea
- Add (on)
- Approach
- Bulletin board sticker
- Fastener pressed with a thumb
- Poster hanger
- Sailor's maneuver
- Bulletin-board fastener
- Flat-headed fastener
- Corkboard item
- It may be on a bulletin board
- Jockey's equipment
- Notice holder
- Pushpin
- Wall map marker
- Carpet fastener
- Bulletin-board item
- Corkboard accessory
- Type of nail
- Sew loosely
- Bulletin board pin
- Bulletin board hardware
- Corkboard fastener
- Stable gear
- Stable stuff
- Change course at sea
- Sharp fastener
- Poster-hanging hardware
- Small nail
- Yacht heading
- Upholstery nail
- Nail
- Baste, in sewing
- Harness gear
- Hardware for a bulletin board
- Gear for a horse
- Epitome of sharpness
- Stickiness
- Carpet nail
- Brad alternative
- Something for the bulletin board
- Fastener on a bulletin board
- It's put on a chair in a prank
- (Of a sailing ship) alter course through the wind
- Sail by an indirect route
- Nail - direction (eg of boat)
- Food on the turn?
- Alter course
- Alter course - riding gear
- Short, flat-headed nail
- Take another course in sewing
- Nail - windward course - temporary stitch
- Saddle, bridle, harness and the like
- Course
- Rubbishy things, mostly vulgar
- Change course, producing equestrian gear
- Pushpin's kin
- Pressed-in fastener
- Approach in handling something
- Pushpin alternative
- Regatta maneuver
- Against-the-wind sailing maneuver
- Baste
- Sticker not suitable for little kids?
- Saddle, bridle, etc.
- Brad
- Stable supplies
- Stitch temporarily
- Thumb-pressed nail
- Poster fastener
- Bulletin board piece
- Corkboard pin
Last Seen In
- LA Times - June 14, 2026
- Daily American - May 19, 2026
- 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
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