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false tack

false tack noun: a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.

Noun

false tack (plural false tacks)

  1. A coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.

Forms of false tack

pluralfalse tacks

Questions about false tack

What does false tack mean?
False tack means a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.
What part of speech is false tack?
False tack is a noun.
What is the plural of false tack?
The plural of false tack is false tacks.

Words near false tack in the dictionary

  1. false steps
  2. false strawberries
  3. false strawberry
  4. false summit
  5. false summits
  6. false tack
  7. false tacks
  8. false teeth
  9. false tree
  10. false trevallies
  11. false trevally

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