Verb (used without object) : He ordered us to tack at once. ,Please tack up quickly. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to tack a rug to the floor. From Dictionary.com.
So the question isn't valid and the concern in tacking on "Batman" to the title is superfluous. From Wordnik.com. [It's All in a Name - Batman: The Dark Knight « FirstShowing.net] Reference
As much as anything, they get you spread out that you got to be perfect in tacking. From Wordnik.com. [NCAA Division I College Football - Ball State vs. Bowling Green] Reference
Dorgan (D-N. D.) broached the idea of tacking his drug reimportation amendment to the food bill. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
The slanting basting stitch or "tacking" is used in dressmaking for holding linings. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
But you can gain against it by "tacking" to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
'Ef thar war any danger of that, we could stop 'em by' tacking 'em. From Wordnik.com. [The Huge Hunter Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies] Reference
Evans began giving orders to head off the five at-tacking ships. From Wordnik.com. [Dead In the Water] Reference
“I want to buy a painting,” she would say, tacking to the center. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Guggenheim Visits Picasso's Bathroom] Reference
The point of all this tacking and shoring is clear: the next election. From Wordnik.com. [The Middle Is The Message] Reference
The reason the White House is tacking right can be found in the polls. From Wordnik.com. [The Murphy Brown Policy] Reference
Some experts see his occasional tacking to the center as a calculated move. From Wordnik.com. [Tokyo's Own White House] Reference
And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
If, however, she were really tacking, our situation would indeed be critical. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
There was to be a stitch taken here, and a little, tacking up was needed there. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
It is in tacking and beating up against the wind that skill and care are required. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
It was the gamble of his career, the political equivalent of tacking into a hurricane. From Wordnik.com. ['The Most Popular Politician on Earth'] Reference
"Advising is harder than moving furniture and tacking up pictures," proclaimed Jennie. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Wooing back these natural allies, especially the clean rich, will require tacking to the center. From Wordnik.com. [As the green economy grows, the 'dirty rich' are fading away] Reference
He was tacking from side to side like a drunken man, waving his arms about and talking to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
Signals are exchanged, and one of these boats comes nearer and nearer to us, tacking to perfection. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
Then, with incredible tacking, New Zealand caught and passed them, apparently winning by one second. From Wordnik.com. [A Duel In The Sun] Reference
The wind was against them, but after endless tacking they reached the southern extremity of land, which. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Norman made no response but he headed the machine directly toward the peculiar flare and ceased his tacking. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
Now, Kirchner's tacking even more to the left than her hubby and things couldn't be chillier with Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Financial Frontiers: Why Only Obscure Markets Are Thriving In The Crunch] Reference
A pell-mell -- a crowd of men and women were tacking down and sowing rich and sumptuous stuffs on the floors. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Molding effects were made on the front face of the wall by tacking molding strips to the form wherever necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
I was first asked several questions respecting coming to an anchor, mooring, tacking, veering, and taking in sail. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Other blue-chips were modestly higher, with Fletcher Building tacking on 0.2% and Auckland Airport advancing 0.5%. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Up; Australia at 4-Week High] Reference
During the whole of the third day they were forced to sail in the teeth of the wind, which necessitated frequent tacking. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
They traveled unsteadily, too, tacking back and across the estuary, because the breeze was so light, and no longer astern. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
Though the Connecticut senator -- and Democratic Leadership Council satrap -- won't jump in, he can keep the debate tacking right. From Wordnik.com. [The New Choirboys] Reference
There was also a decided change in the temperature, and by four o'clock it was impossible to follow the coast except by constant tacking. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
Lula has spent the last several months tacking to the center, courting businessmen and telling the world how different he is from Chavez. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Davos] Reference
The simplest way of doing this is by stretching over each carbon a piece of muslin, folded double, and tacking this down around the edges. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
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