Examples of “thumbtack” in a Sentence

noun A small tack with a slightly rounded head, pressed into place with the thumb to hold light items on a wall or noticeboard.

• She pinned the poster up with a thumbtack in each corner.
• There was a thumbtack on the floor, point up.
• He kept a box of thumbtacks in the desk drawer.

verb To fix something in place with a thumbtack.

• She thumbtacked the notice to the board.
• He thumbtacked the map above his desk.
• The flyers were thumbtacked to the door.