"thumbtack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθʌm.tæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thumbtack.wav Forms: thumbtacks [plural]
Etymology: From thumb + tack. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thumb|tack}} thumb + tack Head templates: {{en-noun}} thumbtack (plural thumbtacks)
  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. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Fasteners Synonyms: drawing pin [British] Translations (nail-like tack): دَبُّوس (dabbūs) [masculine] (Arabic), канцыля́рская кно́пка (kancyljárskaja knópka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кно́пка (knópka) [feminine] (Belarusian), tach-meud [masculine] (Breton), га́бърче (gábǎrče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ка́барче (kábarče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), xinxeta [feminine] (Catalan), 圖釘 (Chinese Mandarin), 图钉 (túdīng) (Chinese Mandarin), připínáček [masculine] (Czech), tegnestift [common-gender] (Danish), duimspijker [masculine] (Dutch), punaise [feminine] (Dutch), desegnonajlo (Esperanto), prempinglo (Esperanto), rõhknael (Estonian), teknistift [feminine] (Faroese), nasta (Finnish), punaise [feminine] (French), chatola [feminine] (Galician), chincheta [feminine] (Galician), ჭიკარტი (č̣iḳarṭi) (Georgian), Reißzwecke [feminine] (German), Reißnagel [masculine] (German), Heftzwecke [feminine] (German), Reißbrettstift [masculine] (German), πινέζα (pinéza) [feminine] (Greek), rajzszög (Hungarian), paku payung (Indonesian), tacóid ordóige [feminine] (Irish), puntina [feminine] (Italian), 画鋲 (gabyō) (alt: がびょう) (Japanese), 압정 (apjeong) (alt: 押釘) (Korean), gózdźik [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), притискач (pritiskač) [masculine] (Macedonian), paku jari (Malay), tegnestift [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پونِز (punez) (Persian), pinezka [feminine] (Polish), tacha [feminine] (Portuguese), piuneză [feminine] (Romanian), канцеля́рская кно́пка (kanceljárskaja knópka) [feminine] (Russian), кно́пка (knópka) [feminine] (Russian), рајснадла [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rajsnadla [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cwek [masculine] (Silesian), pripináčik [masculine] (Slovak), risalni žebljiček [masculine] (Slovene), chinche [feminine] (Spanish), chincheta [feminine] (Spanish), tachuela [feminine] (Spanish), häftstift [neuter] (Swedish), หมุดหัวแบน (Thai), raptiye (Turkish), pünez (Turkish), канцеля́рська кно́пка (kanceljársʹka knópka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кно́пка (knópka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈθʌm.tæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thumbtack.wav Forms: thumbtacks [present, singular, third-person], thumbtacking [participle, present], thumbtacked [participle, past], thumbtacked [past]
Etymology: From thumb + tack. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thumb|tack}} thumb + tack Head templates: {{en-verb}} thumbtack (third-person singular simple present thumbtacks, present participle thumbtacking, simple past and past participle thumbtacked)
  1. (transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack. Tags: transitive Translations (to attach something with a thumbtack): 用圖釘釘住 (Chinese Mandarin), 用图钉钉住 (yòng túdīng dìngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), alpingli (Esperanto), kiinnittää nastalla (Finnish), nastata (Finnish), punaiser (French), anpinnen (German), anheften (German), anzwecken [regional] (German), zwecken [regional] (German), tachar (Portuguese), прика́лывать (prikályvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приколо́ть (prikolótʹ) [perfective] (Russian), tachonar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thumbtack-en-verb-5XB9AVzj

Inflected forms

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          "word": "teknistift"
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          "sense": "nail-like tack",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "chincheta"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣iḳarṭi",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
          "word": "ჭიკარტი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
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          "word": "Heftzwecke"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pinéza",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "πινέζα"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
          "word": "rajzszög"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "nail-like tack",
          "word": "paku payung"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "word": "paku jari"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tegnestift"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "punez",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "word": "پونِز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinezka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piuneză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanceljárskaja knópka",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канцеля́рская кно́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knópka",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кно́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рајснадла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rajsnadla"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pripináčik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "risalni žebljiček"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gózdźik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chinche"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chincheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tachuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "häftstift"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "word": "หมุดหัวแบน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "word": "raptiye"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "word": "pünez"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kanceljársʹka knópka",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канцеля́рська кно́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knópka",
      "sense": "nail-like tack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кно́пка"
    }
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  "word": "thumbtack"
}

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        "(transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack."
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "用圖釘釘住"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòng túdīng dìngzhù",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "用图钉钉住"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "alpingli"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "kiinnittää nastalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "nastata"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "punaiser"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "anpinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "anheften"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
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      "word": "anzwecken"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
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      "word": "zwecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "tachar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikályvatʹ",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прика́лывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikolótʹ",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приколо́ть"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attach something with a thumbtack",
      "word": "tachonar"
    }
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  "word": "thumbtack"
}

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