tacking

verb

present participle of tack
1
as in zigzagging

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2
as in tying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacking
  1. zigzagging
  2. tying
  3. deviating
  4. adhering
  5. tackling
  6. clipping
  7. clamping
  8. sticking
Verb
  • Militarie Gun’s 20 Songs for 20 Dollars Tour is currently zigzagging across Europe.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
  • Across the first two weeks of the tournament alone, Infantino reportedly logged more than 20,000 miles of air travel, zigzagging the continent aboard a private jet.
    — Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
Definition of zigzagging
Verb
  • One of the two men accused of zip-tying and holding hostage two national forest employees last week had a violent criminal charge dismissed because of overcrowding in the state’s mental health facilities, a Washington prosecutor said.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 21 July 2026
  • Just a fraction of an inch can separate a player from hitting a flyball to left field and, say, tying a franchise record for career home runs.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
Definition of tying
Verb
  • Subaru redesigns its midsize SUV without deviating from winning formula.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Her full-length works often feature people, especially women, holding their ground and deviating from societal expectations, which creates dissonance between their internal and external worlds.
    — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
Definition of deviating
Verb
  • Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
  • Decorating rules can be helpful guidelines, but adhering too strictly to conventional wisdom can seriously cramp your style.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
Definition of adhering
Verb
  • Argentina was down one player in the final stretch after Enzo Fernandez was sent off with a red card after tackling Spain’s Pau Cubarsí, who was sent flying.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • If your to-do list multiplies, protect one real break before tackling the task that frees the most mental space.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of tackling
Verb
  • Launched by General Mills in 1996, it was built to invite parents to turn ordinary grocery purchases into support for their child's school, originally by clipping box tops, now by scanning receipts in an app.
    — Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • He was arrested crossing the border from Mexico into Texas in September 1981, according to a news clipping from the Chicago Tribune.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 July 2026
Definition of clipping
Verb
  • The headphones uses a 12-point through-bolt construction, with 12 screws clamping the housing assembly from the outer housing to the front plate.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Firefighters quickly tended to mother and baby, clamping and cutting the umbilical cord, and both were transported in stable condition to the hospital.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of clamping
Verb
  • Everyone looks glowing and glamorous, despite sticking generally to a dutiful antiquities theme.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • When an outside threat increases, various mammal species will respond by sticking close together.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of sticking
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