Thumbtack

//ˈθʌm.tæk//

Synonyms for "thumbtack" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
drawing pin

Strong matches (3)

Related words (5)

Noun(1 words)
pushpin

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Translations

77 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • دَبُّوس noun (nail-like tack)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • düymə noun (nail-like tack)
  • dəftərxana düyməsi noun (nail-like tack)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • канцыля́рская кно́пка noun (nail-like tack)
  • кно́пка noun (nail-like tack)

Breton

1 entries
  • tach-meud noun (nail-like tack)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • га́бърче noun (nail-like tack)
  • ка́барче noun (nail-like tack)
  • кабар noun (nail-like tack)
  • кабър noun (nail-like tack)

Catalan

1 entries
  • xinxeta noun (nail-like tack)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 圖釘 /图钉 noun (nail-like tack)
  • 用圖釘釘住 /用图钉钉住 verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

Czech

1 entries
  • připínáček noun (nail-like tack)

Danish

1 entries
  • tegnestift noun (nail-like tack)

Dutch

2 entries
  • duimspijker noun (nail-like tack)
  • punaise noun (nail-like tack)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • desegnonajlo noun (nail-like tack)
  • prempinglo noun (nail-like tack)
  • alpingli verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

Estonian

1 entries
  • rõhknael noun (nail-like tack)

Faroese

1 entries
  • teknistift noun (nail-like tack)

Finnish

3 entries
  • nasta noun (nail-like tack)
  • kiinnittää nastalla verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)
  • nastata verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

French

2 entries
  • punaise noun (nail-like tack)
  • punaiser verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

Galician

2 entries
  • chatola noun (nail-like tack)
  • chincheta noun (nail-like tack)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჭიკარტი noun (nail-like tack)

German

4 entries
  • Heftzwecke noun (nail-like tack)
  • Reißbrettstift noun (nail-like tack)
  • Reißnagel noun (nail-like tack)
  • Reißzwecke noun (nail-like tack)

Greek

1 entries
  • πινέζα noun (nail-like tack)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rajzszög noun (nail-like tack)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • paku payung noun (nail-like tack)

Irish

1 entries
  • tacóid ordóige noun (nail-like tack)

Italian

1 entries
  • puntina noun (nail-like tack)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 画鋲 noun (nail-like tack)

Korean

1 entries
  • 압정 noun (nail-like tack)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • gózdźik noun (nail-like tack)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • притискач noun (nail-like tack)

Malay

1 entries
  • paku jari noun (nail-like tack)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tegnestift noun (nail-like tack)

Persian

1 entries
  • پونِز noun (nail-like tack)

Polish

1 entries
  • pinezka noun (nail-like tack)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • tacha noun (nail-like tack)
  • tachar verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

Romanian

1 entries
  • piuneză noun (nail-like tack)

Russian

4 entries
  • канцеля́рская кно́пка noun (nail-like tack)
  • кно́пка noun (nail-like tack)
  • прика́лывать verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)
  • приколо́ть verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • rajsnadla noun (nail-like tack)
  • рајснадла noun (nail-like tack)

Silesian

1 entries
  • cwek noun (nail-like tack)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pripináčik noun (nail-like tack)

Slovene

1 entries
  • risalni žebljiček noun (nail-like tack)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chinche noun (nail-like tack)
  • chincheta noun (nail-like tack)
  • tachuela noun (nail-like tack)
  • tachonar verb (to attach something with a thumbtack)

Swedish

1 entries
  • häftstift noun (nail-like tack)

Thai

1 entries
  • หมุดหัวแบน noun (nail-like tack)

Turkish

2 entries
  • pünez noun (nail-like tack)
  • raptiye noun (nail-like tack)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • канцеля́рська кно́пка noun (nail-like tack)
  • кно́пка noun (nail-like tack)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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"Ouch!" "What's the matter?" "I stepped on a thumbtack."

Source: tatoeba (10094833)

He put a thumbtack on the teacher's chair.

Source: tatoeba (10651207)

He drew from his pocket a square of cardboard and affixed it to the board with a thumbtack.

Source: tatoeba (12095710)

You say that I'm broke my nigga, how is that? Bitch I'm stickin to this paper like a thumbtack

Source: wiktionary

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