Tacks
To see tacks in your dream, symbolizes annoyances in your life causing you to be very confrontational and quarrelsome.
To dream that you are pushing or driving a tack, signifies that you will overcome your rivals.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- 2: a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- 3: gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack]
- 4: (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud]
- 5: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking]
- 6: sailing a zigzag course
- v. 1: fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"
- 2: turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" [syn: tack, wear round]
- 3: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" [syn: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together] [ant: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart]
- 4: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [syn: baste, tack]
- 5: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on]
- 6: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop]