TACK (UP) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

tack (up)

verb

Definition of tack (up)

as in to nail

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Verb

Bottom line Meta nailed it Wednesday, and Wall Street is taking notice.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
A week with the 2027 Dodge Charger Scat Pack revealed that the team involved nailed some parts of this reboot but fumbled plenty of others.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of nail

Verb

Coming from such a chronically online space where people know me as that girl who would plaster your timeline with my music over and over and over again.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
Building affordable housing at scale means politicians need to break up with wealthy special interests like the construction accident lawyers who plaster the city and MTA buses with billboards and ads.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of plaster

Verb

In particular, users are gravitating towards — and posting their own covers of — the bridge, which finds Williams belting insane high notes.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
One game under head coach Kevin Stefanski and OC Tommy Rees, though, and Penix is taking nearly half his snaps under center, running play-action like a boss and posting top-5 QBR numbers.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of post

Verb

Cottonseed boosters proclaimed a transformation of waste into wealth.

— Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
When Arisa proclaims herself a Faithful, Michael looks hilariously stunned, and Alan tells them to weep for the fall of innocence and the failure of justice.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of proclaim

Verb

Green opens up about the dark side of the attention economy, publicizing his OCD, his experience with aphantasia and the growing fight against book bans.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
The docuseries teased first-person interviews from investigative reporters, police investigators, tabloid photographers, and Good Samaritans who were instrumental in publicizing Gadd’s preferences and crimes.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of publicize

Verb

The chairman of NBCUniversal’s Television Studios, NBC Entertainment & Peacock Scripted, Igbokwe spent more than 35 years helping shape the medium of television across prestige cable, broadcast, studios and now streaming.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
For context, consider that only four announcers in MLB history (led by Vin Scully’s 67 years with the Dodgers dating back to their Brooklyn days) have broadcast for the same team for at least 50 seasons.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of broadcast

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