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Thumbtack
01
a short pin with a flat round head that is used to fasten paper to a wall or board
Dialect
American
American
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
thumbtacks
Examples
She pinned the memo to the bulletin board using a yellow thumbtack.
to thumbtack
01
to attach or secure something using thumbtacks
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
thumbtack
3rd person singular
thumbtacks
Present participle
thumbtacking
Past simple
thumbtacked
Past participle
thumbtacked
Examples
She thumbtacked the poster to the wall.
Lexical Tree
thumbtack
thumb
tack
