Thumbtacks Meaning in English

word · lemma: thumbtack

US

ˈθʌmˌtæks

THUM-taks

UK

θˈʌmbtæk

THUM-tak

التعريف

Small pins with a flat, round head that are pressed in with your thumb, used to attach paper or pictures to a board or wall.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Thumbtacks' is a common, casual term in American English; in British English, 'drawing pin' is used. Usually refers to pins used on bulletin boards or walls. Not used for sewing or carpentry.

• Spanish: chinchetas
• Portuguese (BR): tachinhas - percevejos (material de escritório)
• Portuguese (PT): tachinhas - percevejos (material de escritório)
• Chinese (Simplified): 图钉
• Chinese (Traditional): 圖釘
• Hindi: ड्राइंग पिन
• Arabic: دبابيس (ورق)
• Bengali: ড্রইং পিন - থাম্বট্যাক
• Russian: канцелярская кнопка
• Japanese: 画びょう
• Vietnamese: đinh ghim - đinh bấm
• Korean: 압정
• Turkish: raptiye
• Urdu: پِن - تھمب ٹیک
• Indonesian: paku payung - thumbtack

جمل نموذجية

She put the poster on the wall using thumbtacks.

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The teacher gave the students colorful thumbtacks for the bulletin board.

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Be careful with the thumbtacks on the desk.

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Could you hand me a couple of thumbtacks to put these papers up?

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There's a box of thumbtacks in the top drawer if you need some.

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I stepped on a thumbtack yesterday—ouch!

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