n. 25B6; noun
tacks held the carpet down : PIN, drawing pin, nail, staple, rivet, stud.
the brig bowled past on the opposite tack : HEADING, bearing, course, track, path, line.
the defender changed his tack : APPROACH, way, method; policy, procedure, technique, tactic, plan, strategy, stratagem; path, line, angle, direction, course.
25B6; verb
a photo tacked to the wall : PIN, nail, staple, fix, fasten, attach, secure, affix.
the dress was roughly tacked together : STITCH, baste, sew, bind.
the yachts tacked back and forth : CHANGE COURSE, change direction, swerve, zigzag, veer; Nautical go/come about, beat.
poems tacked on at the end of the book : ADD, append, join, tag.