You will need a ____, or pushpin, to post that note on the bulletin board.

verb

1. Attach

   "tack on some sequins for pizzazz"

2. To join or add in a slight or hasty manner
3. To add as a supplement or something extra
4. To add (a rider) to a parliamentary bill

   "provisions tacked to an appropriation bill"

5. To change the direction of (a sailing ship) when sailing close-hauled by turning the bow to the wind and shifting the sails so as to fall off on the other side at about the same angle as before
6. To tack a sailing ship

   "We tacked repeatedly as we sailed toward the harbor."

7. To change to an opposite tack by turning the bow to the wind

   "a ship that tacks easily"

8. To follow a course against the wind by a series of tacks

   "Boredom was the chief enemy as the ships tacked to and fro."

9. To follow a zigzag course

   "tacked through the crowd"

10. To modify one's policy or attitude abruptly

    "With the coming of Ronald Reagan to power, Nixon tacked hard right—an old instinct."

noun

1. A small short sharp-pointed nail usually having a broad flat head
2. The direction of a ship with respect to the trim of her sails

   "starboard tack"

3. The run of a sailing ship on one tack
4. A change when close-hauled from the starboard to the port tack or vice versa
5. A zigzag movement on land
6. A course or method of action
7. Any of various usually temporary stitches
8. The lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail
9. A sticky or adhesive quality or condition

noun

1. Stable gear

noun

1. Hardtack

noun

1. A small hand tool for removing tacks

noun

1. An ornamented pin with a receiving button or clasp that is used to attach the two parts of a necktie together or to attach a necktie to a shirt

noun

1. Sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look-alike tract houses

adjective

1. Of an uninspired or monotonous sameness
2. Tacky
3. Built of ticky-tacky

noun

1. A game in which two players alternately put Xs and Os in compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossing two horizontal lines and each tries to get a row of three Xs or three Os before the opponent does