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Definition of thumbtack in English: thumbtacknounˈθʌmtakˈθəmˌtæk North American A short flat-headed pin, used for fastening paper to a wall or other surface; a drawing pin. Example sentencesExamples - However, you can turn it into a more traditional screen by attaching panels of cloth to the back of the frames with a few thumbtacks or staples.
- Digging around in the box, she pulled out her new corkboard and a pack of brass thumbtacks.
- I need some thumbtacks to put up some stuff in my new room to make it all homey.
- One day, they'll learn about the magic of sandpaper and thumbtacks hidden inside the pitcher's glove.
- Gold hoop in her navel; her ears, studded with beads and gold balls, looked like the corner of the reminder board where you stick the extra thumbtacks.
- They couldn't even hang flyers up by themselves until she demonstrated the method that used the fewest thumbtacks.
- Too late - at this speed, it's approximately as effective as scattering thumbtacks in front of advancing armour.
- Do you dare risk losing the edges of your Lucian Freud poster to a malignant thumbtack?
- There were a lot of maps scattered all over the floor, yet some were hanging on the walls with thumbtacks pinned on various strategic locations.
- All companies, no matter the industry, have to buy routine goods to function - pens, copier toner, thumbtacks.
- The narrow hallway walls were covered with newspaper clippings and photographs, all stuck on with thumbtacks and masking tape.
- Indoors, you may need some tape or thumbtacks to fasten your background to a wall.
- Why are teenagers holding wrestling matches in which thumbtacks, chairs, and tables play such important roles?
- Imagine an HDTV you take home under your arm in a cardboard shipping tube and attach to your wall with thumbtacks or carpet tape.
- Hardcore is known for things like rolling around on piles of thumbtacks or hitting opponents with flaming 2x4s.
- The moon was like a white thumbtack, pinning up the sheet of night.
- The North American media are if possible overplaying the soap operatic performances of Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder, as they strew thumbtacks along the road to Baghdad.
- Lighter objects can be hung with decorative pins or thumbtacks.
- You know the plastic bit on thumbtacks which aren't really thumbtacks?
Definition of thumbtack in US English: thumbtacknounˈTHəmˌtakˈθəmˌtæk North American A short flat-headed pin, used for fastening paper to a wall or other surface. British term drawing pin Example sentencesExamples - All companies, no matter the industry, have to buy routine goods to function - pens, copier toner, thumbtacks.
- Indoors, you may need some tape or thumbtacks to fasten your background to a wall.
- Too late - at this speed, it's approximately as effective as scattering thumbtacks in front of advancing armour.
- Imagine an HDTV you take home under your arm in a cardboard shipping tube and attach to your wall with thumbtacks or carpet tape.
- Gold hoop in her navel; her ears, studded with beads and gold balls, looked like the corner of the reminder board where you stick the extra thumbtacks.
- Why are teenagers holding wrestling matches in which thumbtacks, chairs, and tables play such important roles?
- However, you can turn it into a more traditional screen by attaching panels of cloth to the back of the frames with a few thumbtacks or staples.
- They couldn't even hang flyers up by themselves until she demonstrated the method that used the fewest thumbtacks.
- The North American media are if possible overplaying the soap operatic performances of Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder, as they strew thumbtacks along the road to Baghdad.
- Lighter objects can be hung with decorative pins or thumbtacks.
- Digging around in the box, she pulled out her new corkboard and a pack of brass thumbtacks.
- One day, they'll learn about the magic of sandpaper and thumbtacks hidden inside the pitcher's glove.
- Do you dare risk losing the edges of your Lucian Freud poster to a malignant thumbtack?
- You know the plastic bit on thumbtacks which aren't really thumbtacks?
- I need some thumbtacks to put up some stuff in my new room to make it all homey.
- Hardcore is known for things like rolling around on piles of thumbtacks or hitting opponents with flaming 2x4s.
- There were a lot of maps scattered all over the floor, yet some were hanging on the walls with thumbtacks pinned on various strategic locations.
- The moon was like a white thumbtack, pinning up the sheet of night.
- The narrow hallway walls were covered with newspaper clippings and photographs, all stuck on with thumbtacks and masking tape.
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