ALL meanings of tacks
tack
T t - noun tacks a lease, especially on farmland. 1
- noun tacks a rented pasture. 1
- noun tacks a catch, haul, or take of fish. 1
- verb with object tacks to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor. 1
- verb with object tacks to secure by some slight or temporary fastening. 1
- verb with object tacks to join together; unite; combine. 1
- verb with object tacks to attach as something supplementary; append; annex (often followed by on or onto). 1
- verb with object tacks Nautical. to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack. to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks. 1
- verb with object tacks to equip (a horse) with tack. 1
- verb without object tacks 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. 1
- verb without object tacks to take or follow a zigzag course or route. 1
- verb without object tacks to change one's course of action, conduct, ideas, etc. 1
- verb without object tacks to equip a horse with tack (usually followed by up): Please tack up quickly. 1
- idioms tacks on the wrong tack, under a misapprehension; in error; astray: His line of questioning began on the wrong tack. 1