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thumbtack en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈθʌm.tæk/

Etymology

From thumb + tack.

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
    • You say that I'm broke my nigga, how is that? Bitch I'm stickin to this paper like a thumbtack 2016 June 10, BlocBoy JB, “No Chorus, Pt. 5”, in Who Am I, 1:20–1:27:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
thumbtacks Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

pushpin

Synonyms

drawing pin

Translations (62)

az düymə (nail-like tack) · mk притискач (nail-like tack) · sh rajsnadla (nail-like tack) · uk кно́пка (nail-like tack) · nb tegnestift (nail-like tack) · dsb gózdźik (nail-like tack) · pt tacha (nail-like tack) · de Reißnagel (nail-like tack) · pl pinezka (nail-like tack) · da tegnestift (nail-like tack) · gl chatola (nail-like tack) · et rõhknael (nail-like tack) · cs připínáček (nail-like tack) · be кно́пка (nail-like tack) · sh рајснадла (nail-like tack) · az dəftərxana düyməsi (nail-like tack) · ga tacóid ordóige (nail-like tack) · sl risalni žebljiček (nail-like tack) · ms paku jari (nail-like tack) · es chinche (nail-like tack) · de Reißbrettstift (nail-like tack) · ka ჭიკარტი (nail-like tack) · cmn 圖釘 /图钉 (nail-like tack) · sk pripináčik (nail-like tack) · gl chincheta (nail-like tack) · cs napínáček (nail-like tack) · th หมุดหัวแบน (nail-like tack) · fo teknistift (nail-like tack) · de Reißzwecke (nail-like tack) · tr raptiye (nail-like tack) · ko 압정 (nail-like tack) · bg кабър (nail-like tack) · ru кно́пка (nail-like tack) · fr punaise (nail-like tack) · fa پونِز (nail-like tack) · sv häftstift (nail-like tack) · be канцыля́рская кно́пка (nail-like tack) · es chincheta (nail-like tack) · el πινέζα (nail-like tack) · nl punaise (nail-like tack) · bg га́бърче (nail-like tack) · szl cwek (nail-like tack) · nl duimspijker (nail-like tack) · it puntina (nail-like tack) · es estoperol (nail-like tack) · ca xinxeta (nail-like tack) · bg кабар (nail-like tack) · ja 画鋲 (nail-like tack) · tr pünez (nail-like tack) · es tachuela (nail-like tack) · eo desegnonajlo (nail-like tack) · fi nasta (nail-like tack) · hu rajzszög (nail-like tack) · eo prempinglo (nail-like tack) · id paku payung (nail-like tack) · ru канцеля́рская кно́пка (nail-like tack) · de Heftzwecke (nail-like tack) · ro piuneză (nail-like tack) · bg ка́барче (nail-like tack) · uk канцеля́рська кно́пка (nail-like tack) · ar دَبُّوس (nail-like tack) · br tach-meud (nail-like tack)

thumbtack en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈθʌm.tæk/

Etymology

From thumb + tack.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
    • On the particle-board partition that separated his cubicle from the next, Paul had thumbtacked things that might inspire him […] 1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
thumbtacking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
thumbtacked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
thumbtacked Tense=Past lexicographic
thumbtacks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (17)

bg закача (to attach something with a thumbtack) · es tachonar (to attach something with a thumbtack) · ru прика́лывать (to attach something with a thumbtack) · de anheften (to attach something with a thumbtack) · eo alpingli (to attach something with a thumbtack) · bg закрепя (to attach something with a thumbtack) · de anpinnen (to attach something with a thumbtack) · ru приколо́ть (to attach something with a thumbtack) · cmn 用圖釘釘住 /用图钉钉住 (to attach something with a thumbtack) · bg закрепям (to attach something with a thumbtack) · fr punaiser (to attach something with a thumbtack) · bg закачам (to attach something with a thumbtack) · fi kiinnittää nastalla (to attach something with a thumbtack) · de anzwecken (to attach something with a thumbtack) · de zwecken (to attach something with a thumbtack) · pt tachar (to attach something with a thumbtack) · fi nastata (to attach something with a thumbtack)