tacked

verb

Definition of tackednext
past tense of tack
1
as in zigzagged

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2
as in tied

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacked
  1. tied
  2. hung
  3. clipped
  4. tackled
  5. attached
  6. bolted
Verb
  • Several Democratic lawmakers and groups like the American Civil Liberties Union opposed the measure largely because of how it is funded by the new fee tied to criminal convictions.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • They are tied for sixth in scoring (26 points per game).
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of tied
Verb
  • The midfielder officially hung his boots up after Germany were beaten on home soil by eventual winners Spain at the Euros, and dumped out of the last eight.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • His clothing hung loose, his complexion seemed blanched, his vision blurred in and out.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of hung
Verb
  • Among the entries were a tractor, two dogs, and a vast, smiling frog, which had been tightly clipped out of boxwood.
    Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The tool also provides other benefits — if a video has been clipped or taken out of context, Know How can fetch the original full-length video in the state it was first published in.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of clipped
Verb
  • This is what Bob’s Red Mill, the whole grain manufacturer and a client of mine, tackled first at their Milwaukie, Oregon manufacturing plant.
    Kate Gaertner, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Break your big goals into smaller, bite-sized pieces that can be tackled week by week.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of tackled
Verb
  • Lawmakers focused on how Microsoft packaged its products into tiers of service — with advanced security tools attached to only the most expensive license, known to government customers as the G5.
    Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Carousel of Dreams — wherein a massive clock, with Zodiac symbols in place of numbers, was attached to the store’s façade.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of attached
Verb
  • It was later returned and bolted to the ground.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
  • In Wausau, the drop box has since been returned and is now bolted to the ground outside City Hall.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of bolted
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