tacked

verb

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. zigzagged
  2. tied
  3. veered
  4. adhered
  5. deviated
  6. glued
  7. swung
  8. clamped
Verb
  • The course zigzagged more than 4,100 miles across the continent – a formidable journey, though one that many cars today could handle without a hiccup.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Intimidatingly cool teenagers zigzagged through the crowd on BMX bikes.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of zigzagged
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  • Rogers Centre is tied for the 10th-highest park factor for home runs (111) since 2025.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Technology has significantly evolved since then, with 80% of 911 calls nationwide coming from wireless mobile devices rather than landlines tied to specific addresses.
    — Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of tied
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  • For unknown reasons, the car veered off the side and ended about 200 feet below.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Dixon was driving along Hampton Road near King Avenue when the Cybertruck veered off the road, struck a tree and caught fire.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of veered
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  • Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of adhered
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  • The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of deviated
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  • Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of glued
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  • The inning should have been over after Bo Bichette swung on a bouncing pitch that went back to the backstop, but Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz threw the ball past first base, and Bichette was safe.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But this game’s hinges swung the other way when the Padres turned things around against Gavin Williams and Michael King turned things around against the Guardians.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of swung
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  • Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • His supporters have clamped their mouths tighter than the federal budget for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of clamped
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