to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made.

verb

brush with liquid , drip , grease , lard , season , catch , fasten , stitch , tack , batter , beat , berate , blister , clobber , club , drub , lambaste , lash , maul , pelt , revile , scold , trounce , wallop , whip , whomp , assail , assault , belabor , buffet , hammer , pound , pummel , smash , thrash , thresh , cane , cook , cudgel , pommel , punish , roast , sew , strike