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Plural of tack

regular plural

The plural of tack is tacks.

Forms of tack

Singulartack /tæk/
Pluraltacks /tæks/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Tacks in a sentence

  • ‘I know it all right,’ Big Bil snarled, ‘but knowing and proving are two different tacks.’1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 124
  • We're gonna stop playing games with these Arabs and get down to brass tacks!1979, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, London: Futura Publications, published 1987, →ISBN, page 337. From the entry get down to brass tacks
  • That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks: Birth, and copulation, and death.[1932, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Unfinished Poems.] Sweeney Agonistes: Fragment of an Agon.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London…. From the entry get down to brass tacks
  • Bags are no sooner unpacked in the prime ministerial suite than it's down to tin tacks: to implementation.2013 October 25, Katharine Murphy, “Andrew Bolt v Tony Abbott: all very amiable – up to a point”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The…. From the entry what say you
  • Let's get down to brass tacks, gentlemen.1994 May 21, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel), Los Angeles, Calif.: Miramax Films…. From the entry get down to brass tacks

Meaning of tack

  1. noun A small nail with a flat head.
  2. noun A thumbtack.
  3. noun A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

Full definition of tack

Questions about the plural of tack

What is the plural of tack?
The plural of tack is tacks.
Is tack countable?
Tack is a countable and uncountable noun.

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