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tacklifter

tacklifter is the alternative form of tack lifter.

Meaning of tack lifter

Noun

tack lifter (plural tack lifters)

  1. A small prybar with forked tip, optimized for pulling tacks out of upholstered furniture when reupholstering it.

Forms of tacklifter

pluraltacklifters

Origin of tacklifter

From tack + lifter.

Questions about tacklifter

What is tacklifter the alternative form of?
Tacklifter is the alternative form of tack lifter.

Words near tacklifter in the dictionary

  1. tacklers
  2. tackles
  3. tackles for loss
  4. tackless
  5. Tackley
  6. tacklifter
  7. tacklifters
  8. tacklin'
  9. tackling
  10. tacklings
  11. tackravan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tacklifter (page history and authors); tack lifter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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