thumbtacked

thumb·tack (th

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A tack with a smooth, rounded head that can be pressed into place with the thumb.

tr.v. thumb·tacked, thumb·tack·ing, thumb·tacks

To affix with a thumbtack.

thumbtack [ˈθʌmˌtæk]

(Engineering / Tools) the US and Canadian name for drawing pin

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Noun	1.	thumbtack - a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board drawing pin, pushpin paper fastener - a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place tack - a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
Verb	1.	thumbtack - fasten with thumbtacks; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board" tack - fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"

Translations

thumbtack [ˈθʌmtæk] N (US) → chincheta f, chinche m or f (LAm)

thumbtack [ˈθʌmtæk] n (US) → punaise clou)f >

thumbtack

n (US) → Reißnagel m, → Reiß- or Heftzwecke f

thumbtack [ˈθʌmˌtæk] n (Am) → puntina da disegno

thumbtack → مسمار صغير يدفع بالإبهام připínáček tegnestift Heftzwecke πινέζα chinche, chincheta nasta punaise risaći čavlić puntina 画鋲 압핀 duimnagel tegnestift pinezka pionés, tachinha чертежная кнопка häftstift เข็มหัวใหญ่ raptiye đinh bấm 图钉

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drawing pin pain paper fastener pushpin tack thumb	We stretched out the string and thumbtacked it down on Bad Aibling. In Transit by Rhett, Kathryn / Harvard Review The 3X5 cards were "lent" to the team leaders during set-up and break-down, but otherwise kept thumbtacked to the bulletin board in the wrestling room. "Play Your Cards Right" by Sherman, Milt / Coach and Athletic Director CIRCA 1946: As an arty Manhattan teenager, I thumbtacked onto my bedroom walls a row of color reproductions from the Museum of Modern Art, a precocious declaration of Modernity. Plastic made perfect: measuring Mondrian by Bochner, Mel / Artforum International	thumb knot Thumb latch Thumb mark Thumb nut thumb piano Thumb ring Thumb stall thumb tack thumb through thumb-sucking Thumbbird Thumbed thumber thumbhole Thumbkin Thumbless thumbnail thumbnail sketch thumbnut thumbprint thumbs-down thumbs-up thumbscrew thumbstall thumbtack thumbtacked Thummie Thummim thump thump out Thumper thumping Thun thunbergia Thunbergia alata thunder Thunder and Lightning Thunder Bay thunder lizard thunder mug thunder out thunder past Thunder pumper Thunder rod thunder sheet thunder snake Thunder tube thunderbird thunderbolt Thunderbolt beetle thunderbox	thumbs thumbs thumbs down thumbs down thumbs down thumbs down thumbs down thumbs down to thumbs nose at thumbs nose at thumbs nose at thumbs nose at thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up Thumbs up thumbs down thumbs up to thumbs-down thumbs-down thumbs-up thumbscrew thumbscrew Thumbscrews Thumbscrews thumbstall Thumbsucking thumbtack thumbtack thumbtacked thumbtacking thumbtacking thumbtacks thumbtacks Thumdrive Thummie Thummim Thummim thump thump thump thump thump thump thump down thump on thump out thump out thump out thump out Thump Practice thumped thumped thumped thumped thumped out thumped out thumped out thumper thumper

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drawing pin
pain
paper fastener
pushpin
tack
thumb

We stretched out the string and thumbtacked it down on Bad Aibling.

In Transit by Rhett, Kathryn / Harvard Review

The 3X5 cards were "lent" to the team leaders during set-up and break-down, but otherwise kept thumbtacked to the bulletin board in the wrestling room.

"Play Your Cards Right" by Sherman, Milt / Coach and Athletic Director

CIRCA 1946: As an arty Manhattan teenager, I thumbtacked onto my bedroom walls a row of color reproductions from the Museum of Modern Art, a precocious declaration of Modernity.

Plastic made perfect: measuring Mondrian by Bochner, Mel / Artforum International

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