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Meanings of tacking in English

Catalan
embasta
Wikidata

A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together.

embasta
Catalan
virada

(Nautical) the act of changing tack.

virada
Synonyms
Examples for "tack"
Examples for "tack"
1
But others have been forced by current circumstances to change tack completely.
The Irish Times
2
It marks a change of tack when dealing with the financial industry.
Reuters
3
Wired: Gervais takes tack-sharp aim at all things absurd -including himself.
Wired
4
This time, some companies that had sold guns for years changed tack.
Reuters
5
Mexico's national electricity company CFE will follow a similar tack, she added.
Reuters
Usage of tacking in English
1
She'd been to dozens of bars in the area, tacking up posters.
A killing night
2
But in tacking so frequently he was liable to make a mistake.
The Last Hope
3
Yet these fools merely go tacking new additions on to the old.
Through Russia
4
Sailing ships travel faster when tacking than when sailing with the wind.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
5
You look down an alley, and see ships tacking for the Baltic.
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes
6
Sanitary Window Screen.-Trytacking cheese cloth on the pantry window screen frame.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
7
It was a catboat, quite far off, tacking down from the Headland.
Us and the Bottle Man
8
Kathleen, as she tucked in the blanket, heard his feet ticker-tacking away.
Dogsbody
9
It is nothing but tacking, tacking, tacking- akindof stitching the stream.
Nature Near London
10
Artemis hard-copied every page, tacking them to the walls of his study.
Artemis Fowl
11
His hammer made a shallow tacking sound, driving the narrow nails through.
All souls' rising
12
If, however, she were really tacking, our situation would indeed be critical.
The Island Home
13
There is no absurd conventionality, tacking a spinster to a married woman.'
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
14
Can't we have an agreeable person without tacking on a disagreeable one?
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
15
But the solution isn't as simple as tacking to the centre.
The Guardian
16
Hands up all those who know the difference between tacking and wearing ship.
The Guardian
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Frequent collocations
Translations for tacking
Tacking through the time
Tacking across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common