tack
v.— «A rider’s saddle and gear weighs about four pounds, so he needs to weigh 112 if he intends to, in racing parlance, “tack” at 116.» —“Jockeys play weighting game” by Jim Wells Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) July 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Chase from Jacksonville, Florida, grew up in Sacramento, California, where kids played Rochambeau instead of rock, paper, scissors. Why the difference in names? Nobody knows. Folklorists call this a choosing game, and while the hand-game itself...
Advice about college essays from the winner of a top prize for children’s literature: Kelly Barnhill encourages teens to write about experiences that are uniquely their own, from a point of view that is theirs and no one else’s. Plus, why do we say...