1. A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding) 
2. A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
   - baster 
3. A hand-held machine for driving staples home
   - staple gun, staplegun

Derived forms: tackers

See also: tack

Type of: machine, sewer, worker

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