thumbtack
IPA: θˈʌmtæk
noun
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
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Examples of "thumbtack" in Sentences
- Basically taking a hammer to a thumbtack.
- It's like using a sledgehammer on a thumbtack.
- In 2008 an increase in thumbtack throwing was noted.
- I look at the doorframe again, and there's no thumbtack.
- A thumbtack may also be made to spin on the same principles.
- Outright deletion is like hitting a thumbtack with a sledgehammer.
- Another time I had a dream in which a thumbtack was stuck in a doorframe.
- Blindfolded, Skipper must put a thumbtack on one of two sides of a canvas.
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