thumbtacked; thumbtacking; thumbtacks
: to fasten with a thumbtack
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Step on a thumbtack, and your brain senses the pain within a fraction of a second.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
PCMAG, 25 June 2024
Listen to this article Americans are footing the bill for atrocities
Boston: With a glossy Tiger Beat centerfold of Bibi Netanyahu thumbtacked above a cluster of L.L. Bean glamping bags, this unnamed D.C. townhouse is the bipartisan slumber-party pad of many an elite D.C. warmonger.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2024
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Noun
In yet another homage, this time to Hell in a Cell 1998, Drew McIntyre pulled out what seemed to be a bag of thumbtacks.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Step on a thumbtack, and your brain senses the pain within a fraction of a second.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
Verb
Those early emails were about as private as thumbtacking a note to your addressee on the lab bulletin board.
—PCMAG, 25 June 2024
Listen to this article Americans are footing the bill for atrocities
Boston: With a glossy Tiger Beat centerfold of Bibi Netanyahu thumbtacked above a cluster of L.L. Bean glamping bags, this unnamed D.C. townhouse is the bipartisan slumber-party pad of many an elite D.C. warmonger.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Thumbtack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumbtack. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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