thumbtack
To fix or attach something with a thumbtackTo fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» He put a thumbtack on the teacher's chair.
remline · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
anpinnen, anheften, anzwecken
прика́лыватьprikályvatʹ, приколо́тьprikolótʹ
- fasten with thumbtacks
Examples
5 sentencesHe put a thumbtack on the teacher's chair.
He hung the poster on the wall with four thumbtacks.
Tom put up the poster on the bulletin board with thumbtacks.
He drew from his pocket a square of cardboard and affixed it to the board with a thumbtack.
"Ouch!" "What's the matter?" "I stepped on a thumbtack."
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From thumb + tack.From thumb + tack.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
thumbtacks, thumbtacking, thumbtacked, thumbtacked| Base form | thumbtack · to thumbtack |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | thumbtacks |
| Present participle | thumbtacking |
| Past simple | thumbtacked |
| Past participle | thumbtacked |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.