10 example sentences using tack.
Tack used in a sentence
Tack in a sentence as a noun
If their new tack is as sharp and focused as that memo, Microsoft is in trouble.
However I think in the long run I would want to learn it with plain old git rather than tack on another tool to my workflow.
It's personally grating to me that they take such a boneheaded tack to content in the 21st century.
It seems like these types of systems get worse over time because more people want to tack on their own shitty ideas as more people develop the system.
Auction site neanderthal, eBay learned that the hard way when it simply tried to tack on classified ads thinking its members would ditch craigslist.
Tack in a sentence as a verb
Dynamic pins, or "tacks", make dragnet surveillance of all sites asymptotically as risky as spoofing Google Mail.
Having, like the NYT journalist, read the decision and various information about the case, I take almost the opposite tack.
When will Paypal and other companies that take this "under no circumstances say anything with substance" tack to PR learn that it's utterly counter-productive?
Things to remember:* You really want to know whether NSA is directly attacking cryptographic primitives or whether they're subverting endpoints.
Even monopolistic cro-magnon Microsoft has tried and failed numerous times at getting its installed base to use more profitable tacked on services and products.
Tack definitions
the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
gear for a horse
See also: saddlery
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
(nautical) the act of changing tack
See also: tacking
sailing a zigzag course
fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"
turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"
create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
See also: baste
fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
See also: append
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
See also: interchange switch alternate flip flip-flop