tack

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Editorial note

If their new tack is as sharp and focused as that memo, Microsoft is in trouble.

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Quick take

the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tack gathered in one view.

noun

the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

noun

a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

noun

gear for a horse

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tack.

noun

the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

noun

a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

noun

gear for a horse

noun

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

noun

(nautical) the act of changing tack

noun

sailing a zigzag course

verb

fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"

verb

turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

verb

create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

verb

sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"

verb

fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"

verb

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

See also: interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop

Example sentences

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.

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.