Verb (used with object) : to tack a rug to the floor. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : He ordered us to tack at once. ,Please tack up quickly. 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 reason the White House is tacking right can be found in the polls. From Wordnik.com. [The Murphy Brown Policy] Reference
The point of all this tacking and shoring is clear: the next election. From Wordnik.com. [The Middle Is The Message] 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
"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
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
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
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
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
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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