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 Definitions of thumbtack  [ˈθʌmˌtæk]  

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Definition of 'thumbtack' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) thumbtack
a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other surface by the pressure of the thumb.

2. (v.t.) thumbtack
to attach or tack by means of a thumbtack.

Etymology:  (1880–85)

Definition of 'thumbtack' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin
a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board

2. (verb) thumbtack
fasten with thumbtacks
"The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board"


Definition of 'thumbtack' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) thumbtack
a pin with a flat top for attaching papers to a bulletin board


Translation of 'thumbtack' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (American) a drawing-pin
She hung the picture on the wall with thumbtacks.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: duimspyker Arabic flag Arabic: دَبّوس، مِسْمار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кабарче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gancho Czech flag Czech: připínáček German flag German: der Reißnagel
Danish flag Danish: tegnestift Greek flag Greek: πινέζα Spanish flag Spanish: chincheta
Estonian flag Estonian: knopka Farsi flag Farsi: پونز Finnish flag Finnish: nasta
French flag French: punaise Hebrew flag Hebrew: נַעַץ Hindi flag Hindi: कील
Croatian flag Croatian: risaći čavlić Hungarian flag Hungarian: rajzszeg Indonesian flag Indonesian: paku payung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: teiknibóla Italian flag Italian: puntina Japanese flag Japanese: 画びょう
Korean flag Korean: 압정 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: smeigtukas Latvian flag Latvian: papīra spraudīte, piespra
Malay flag Malay: paku tekan Dutch flag Dutch: punaise Norwegian flag Norwegian: tegnestift
Polish flag Polish: pluskiewka, pinezka Portuguese flag Portuguese: punaise QUERY Romanian flag Romanian: piuneză
Russian flag Russian: (чертёжная) кнопка Slovak flag Slovak: pripináčik Slovenian flag Slovenian: risalnižebljiček
Serbian flag Serbian: rajsnegla Swedish flag Swedish: häftstift Thai flag Thai: หมุดติดภาพบนฝาผนัง
Turkish flag Turkish: raptiye Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 圖釘 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: креслярська кнопка
Urdu flag Urdu: کھونٹي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đinh bấm Chinese flag Chinese: 图钉

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