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5. harness, equipment, equipage, gear, fittings, outfit, kit, tackle, rigging, apparatus, rig, appointments, -v. 6. fasten, pin, attach, fix, pin on or down; nail, rivet, bolt, screw, skewer, peg, staple, toggle; lace, tie, hitch, bind, clinch, knit, splice, sew, stitch, baste; hook, snap, button, buckle, zipper, Inf. zip; brace, truss, wire; join, unite, combine, couple, yoke, bracket, tether.
7. Often tack on append, annex, affix; add on or onto, tag, tag on, Inf. slap on, Inf. hitch on; prefix, suffix, subjoin, adjoin, conjoin; ornament, decorate.
8. zigzag, Naut. jibe, yaw, warp, chop, shunt, chop and change; proceed to windward, go about, heel; wander, stray, divagate.
9. swerve, sheer, turn, shift, change course, turn a corner; deviate, veer, diverge, go through a change of heart, switch sides, make a turnabout, do an about-face, come about, come round or around; modify, adapt, alter, transform, go through a sea change. tack1, n. fare, food, nutriment, aliment, viands, edibles, bread; victuals, provisions, rations, commons, comestibles; meals, board, sustenance, nourishment; diet, regimen, menu, table. tackle, n. 1. equipment, gear, outfit, rig, Archaic. tackling; apparatus, accourterments, trappings, traps, appointments, fittings; paraphernalia, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, materiel; tools, implements, instruments.
2. rigging, cordage, cording, ropework, roping, ship's ropes.
3. crane, derrick, halyard, crab, lift, hoist, gantry crane; winch, pulley, windlass, capstan.
-v. 4. undertake, attempt, endeavor, engage in, go about, set to work, get busy at, roll up one's sleeves, plunge into, Inf. knuckle down to, Inf. get on the job, Inf. get going, Inf. have a go at, Inf. make a try, Inf. give a try, Inf. give it the old college try, SI. get cracking, SI. get at it; pursue, devote or apply oneself to, take in hand, work at, put one's shoulder to the wheel, bend an oar; set about, begin, enter upon, start at, embark upon, turn one's hand to, take up, Inf. go in or out for, Inf. have a fling at, Inf. take a crack at.
5. deal with, come to grips with, take on, approach, face, face up to, stand up to, address oneself to, take the bull by the horns, get down to cases, Inf. tear or wade or sail into. tacky1, adj. adhesive, adherent, sticky, gluey, gummy, gummous; viscous, viscid, glutinous, syrupy, ropy, stringy; moist, damp, dampish, humid, dank, clammy, slimy, Inf. gooey. tacky2, adj. 1. Informal, bedraggled, draggled, draggletailed, scraggly, unkempt; unsightly, untidy, careless, slipshod, slovenly, scruffy, seedy, Inf. messy, Inf. sloppy, Inf. grubby; shabby, shoddy, chintzy, ratty, tatty, dowdy, frowzy, blowzy, frumpy, frazzled.
2. garish, gaudy, flashy, showy, loud, screaming, shrieking, blinding, overbright; brazen, shameless, obtrusive, vulgar, crude, tawdry, meretricious. tact, n. diplomacy, savoir-faire, Inf. savvy, poise, polish, finish, Inf. class, grace, style, finesse; taste, discrimination, refinement; perception, sensitivity, awareness, discernment, discretion; sagacity, shrewdness, cleverness, acumen; prudence, judiciousness, sense, good or common sense; skill, adroitness, dexterousness, dexterity. tactful, adj. diplomatic, politic, discreet, prudent; judicious, shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious; sensitive, perceptive, keen, sharp; adroit, skillful, clever; smooth, urbane, suave, civil, mannerly, polished, gracious; considerate, cautious, careful.
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