thumbtack

Etymology

thumb + tack

noun

  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.
    You say that I'm broke my nigga, how is that? 2016-06-10, BlocBoy JB (lyrics and music), “No Chorus, Pt. 5”, in Who Am I, 1:20–1:27

verb

  1. (transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
    On the particle-board partition that separated his cubicle from the next, Paul had thumbtacked things that might inspire him […] 1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994

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