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Word entry · 4 letters

tack

Best crossword clue

"Map pin"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /tæk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acktStarts with TEnds with K2 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3C4K

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”), from the noun (see above).

Used in a sentence

  • So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;
  • Maud Gonne’s letter about taking them off O’Connell street at night: disgrace to our Irish capital. Griffith’s paper is on the same tack now: an army rotten with venereal disease: overseas or halfseasover empire.
  • I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Map pin4 letters
02Small sharp nail4 letters

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