THUMBTACKING Synonyms

• a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin

• a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

• (nautical) the act of changing tack

• a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

• stick or fasten to

• add to the very end

• attach or become attached to a stem word

• cause to be attached

• be attached; be in contact with

• become attached

• create social or emotional ties

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

• attach something somewhere by means of nails

• take into custody

• hit with great force

• succeed in obtaining a position

• succeed at easily

• locate exactly

• complete a pass

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

• a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn

• material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing

• a short U-shaped wire nail

• paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together

• necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities

• secure or fasten with a staple or staples