TACT

noun

1. The sense of touch; feeling.
2. The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.

verb

1. To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).

noun

1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
2. A maneuver used against an enemy.
3. A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.