Thumbtack (Verb)
Meaning
Fasten with thumbtacks; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- To display important notes, the office assistant thumbtacked reminder slips on the employees' cubicles.
- Using small maps of the area, the realtor thumbtacked each location where the open houses would be held.
- She carefully arranged the individual photos before she began to thumbtack them to the large sheet of cardboard.
- He climbed a chair to thumbtack several motivational posters high on the gym wall for the basketball team.
- The museum staff spent the morning preparing for new exhibits, thumbtacking in place several historical manuscripts that required protective covering.