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How to pronounce tacks

“tacks” pronunciation in American and British English

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“tacks” in real sentences

128 clips in the index · 7 American · 3 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. There was 5, 6,000 tacks.

    First We Feast

  2. seen the videos Eric tacks on now he's Eric tacks off I'm sorry about that haha

    MooLer

  3. -Let's get down to brass tacks.

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  4. blue tacks, so it's always really handy.

    WIRED

Words that sound like “tacks”

Words one sound away from tacks — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “tacks”

Why real speech

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