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thumb tack

noun as in push pin

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In 2006, local blogger Brent K. Moore described it as having “an expression that one makes after sitting on a thumb tack.”

“This generally involves using a paper clip or thumb tack to hold down a button on the back of the device for 5 seconds,” explains Ars Technica.

From Slate

Quick and the Kings like to talk about last season as much as they like finding a thumb tack in their skate.

I want to personally watch Donald Trump step on a thumb tack.

From US News

Hellen Hanifer took her thumb and pushed it downward like she was driving in a flathead thumb tack.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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