• Finnish: halssi
• Korean: 택 (taek)

• Finnish: kiinnittää nastoilla

• Finnish: harsia, kursia

Related terms

• tacky

See also

• blu-tack

Scots

Noun

1. Lease, tenancy
2. The period of such a contract
3. A leasehold esp. the tenure of a land or a farm.

Swedish

Etymology

Related to thank and danke with a common older origin. Cognates include Danish tak and Icelandic and Norwegian takk.

Pronunciation

/tak/

Interjection

1. thanks, please

Tack may refer to:

• Tack, a type of cut nail, used in upholstery, shoe making and saddle manufacture
• Horse tack, harness and equipment to allow horse-back riding
• Tack (sewing) (also baste or pin), quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed
• Hardtack, a hard cracker or biscuit used for food on sea voyages and during the American Civil War
• Thumbtack or drawing pin, a short nail or pin easily placed and removed by hand
• Augustus Vincent Tack (1870-1949), American painter
• In sailing:
  • Tacking, a maneuver by which a sailing boat turns its bow through the wind
  • Tack (sailing), the lower corner of a sail's leading edge
  • Tack (square sail), a type of rigging unique to square sails
• Scottish lease

Tack can also mean:

• Adhesiveness, a technical measure of the stickiness of glue or ink (measured by an "inkometer")
• Blu Tack, a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive used for attaching paper items to walls
• "Tack" or "tacky" refers to cheap goods, and possibly derives from poor quality stitching which causes the goods to fall apart prematurely
• Slang for cannabis

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