Tacking

What is Tacking?

1.

When a sailboat switches back and forth, alternating which side of the boat is facing the wind. Tacking allows a boat to make progress in whichever direction the skipper wishes to go.

The catamaran tacked toward the sunset.

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2.

Driving a car excessively fast, usually on a country road.

I was tacking down Sherwood Road just before I got pulled over by a cop. Can you believe they searched my car?

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