Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 33 compound words that contain tacks. The most common are listed below. Open tacks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- get down to brass tacksTo (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something.
- getting down to brass tackspresent participle and gerund of get down to brass tacks
- bar tacksplural of bar tack: A series of stitches used for reinforcing areas of stress on a garment, such as pocket openings or buttonholes.
- Blu-Tacksthird-person singular simple present indicative of Blu-Tack: A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
- coffin tacksplural of coffin tack: Synonym of coffin nail (“a cigarette”).
- down tacksplural of down tack: The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: ⟨˕⟩, used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the manner of articulation one step forward in …
- false tacksplural of false tack: A coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.
- hard tacksplural of hard tack: A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
- spat tackssimple past and past participle of spit tacks
- spit tacksTo be extremely angry.
- spitting tackspresent participle and gerund of spit tacks
- tacks aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of tack about: To tack; to go about
- tacks downthird-person singular simple present indicative of tack down: To fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks.
- tacks togetherthird-person singular simple present indicative of tack together: To assemble or put together (something).
- tacks upthird-person singular simple present indicative of tack up: To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.)
- tick tacksplural of tick tack: The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking.
- tie tacksplural of tie tack: An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt.
- spits tacksthird-person singular simple present indicative of spit tacks: To be extremely angry.
- break down to brass tacksSynonym of get down to brass tacks: To (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something.
- breaking down to brass tackspresent participle and gerund of break down to brass tacks
- breaks down to brass tacksthird-person singular simple present indicative of break down to brass tacks: To (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something.
- broke down to brass tackssimple past of break down to brass tacks
- broken down to brass tackspast participle of break down to brass tacks: To (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something.
- gets down to brass tacksthird-person singular simple present indicative of get down to brass tacks: To (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something.
- got down to brass tackssimple past of get down to brass tacks
Compound words 33
- smokestacksplural of smokestack: A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out, as on a steam locomotive, ship, factory, or power plant using fossil fuels.
- haystacksplural of haystack: A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- thumbtacksplural of thumbtack: A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
- tacksmanA person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
- substacksplural of substack: A subset of a stack.
- superstacksplural of superstack: (mathematics)
- bartacksplural of bartack: A series of stitches used for reinforcing areas of stress on a garment, such as pocket openings or buttonholes.
- bookstacksplural of bookstack: One of a set of bookshelves in a library.
- callstacksplural of callstack: A stack that stores details of the functions called by a program in sequence, so that each function can return on completion to the code that called it.
- chimneystacksplural of chimneystack: A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.