(colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
(figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
(law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
(nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
(nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
(obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.
(obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
A small nail with a flat head.
A stain; a tache.
A thumbtack.
Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
verb
(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
To add something as an extra item.
To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".
To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
to tack (something) onto (something)
teck
tick
tick
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
(UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
(birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
(obsolete, place names) A goat.
(ornithology) The whinchat.
(uncountable) Ticking.
(video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
verb
(birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
(informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
(intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
(transitive) To give tick; to trust.
To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
To make a tick or checkmark.
To strike gently; to pat.
tock
tock
noun
(used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
verb
To produce such a sound.
tuck
tuck
noun
(Britain, dated, school slang, India) Food, especially snack food.
(archaic) A rapier, a sword.
(diving) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
(medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
(music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
(nautical) The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
(sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
A curled position.
An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
The beat of a drum.
verb
(LGBT, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
(aviation) Ellipsis of Mach tuck.
(ergative) To fit neatly.
(intransitive, often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume.
(transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
(transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
(when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.