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n.
A tack with a smooth, rounded head that can be pressed into place with the thumb.

tr.v., -tacked, -tack·ing, -tacks.
To affix with a thumbtack.


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WordNet: thumbtack
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
  Synonyms: drawing pin, pushpin

The verb thumbtack has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fasten with thumbtacks

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A thumbtack (pushpin, drawing-pin) is a short, nail or pin with a rounded metal head to fasten items such as documents to a wall or board for display. They are inserted and removed by hand. Some have a colored plastic handle. Thumbtacks made from brass are called brass tacks.[1] Some are made by attaching a brass stem to a flat brass head.

Map pins (push pins) have a plastic handle, allowing easy removal. Some have a round head for easy removal. Map pins are safer than flat-head thumbtacks when dropped or discarded, since they fall flat on surfaces, rather than point straight up, as can easily happen with simple metal thumbtacks.

The map pin was invented by Edwin Moore around 1900, when he founded the Moore Push-Pin Company.[1] The thumbtack was invented by clockmaker Johann Kirsten in 1903 in Lychen, Uckermark, Germany. He sold the rights to Otto Lindstedt, a businessman, who received a patent for the thumbtack on 8 January 1904. Lindstedt became wealthy, while Kirsten remained in poverty. Other sources ascribe the thumbtack invention to Austrian factory owner Heinrich Sachs in 1888.

References

  1. ^ "Moore Push-Pin History". Moore Push-Pin Company. 2003-08-06. http://www.push-pin.com/mpphist1.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 

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Translations: Thumbtack
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tegnestift
v. tr. - sætte fast med tegnestift

Nederlands (Dutch)
punaise

Français (French)
n. - (US) punaise
v. tr. - fixer des punaises

Deutsch (German)
n. - Heftzwecke
v. - mit einer Heftzwecke befestigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πινέζα

Italiano (Italian)
puntina da disegno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tacha (f), percevejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
чертежная кнопка

Español (Spanish)
n. - chincheta, tachuela, chinche
v. tr. - clavar una chinche

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - häftstift (am.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
图钉, 用图钉钉住

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圖釘
v. tr. - 用圖釘釘住

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제도핀, 압정
v. tr. - 압정으로 고정시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 画鋲
v. - 画鋲で留める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألمسيمير ألأبهامي, دنبوس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נעץ‬
v. tr. - ‮נעץ‬

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