verb · intransitive · rare

short-tack

short-tack · short-tacks · short-tacked · short-tacking

To tack several times in rapid succession when sailing upwind in a narrow waterwayTo tack several times in rapid succession when sailing upwind in a narrow waterway.

Meaning

1 senses

To tack several times in rapid succession when sailing upwind in a narrow waterway.

Forms

short-tacks, short-tacking, short-tacked, short-tacked

Base form	short-tack · to short-tack
3rd person singular	short-tacks
Present participle	short-tacking
Past simple	short-tacked
Past participle	short-tacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	short-tack
he, she, it	short-tacks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

short-tacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have short-tacked
he, she, it	has short-tacked

Future simple (will)Lesson