tacking

Other forms of tacking

plural

tackings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tacking

What does tacking mean?

tacking means "a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tacking?

tacking has 2 syllables: tac-king. The stress falls on "tac". In IPA it is /ˈtækɪŋ/.

What is another word for tacking?

Close synonyms include baste, basting, basting stitch, tack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tacking a common word?

tacking is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tacking?

1 word rhymes with tacking. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.