thumb
Meaning of thumb
noun
- The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
- A thumbnail picture.
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- To touch or cover with the thumb.
to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon
- (with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
- (travel) To hitchhike
So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.
- To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
- To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
- To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.
Information about thumb
- The plural form of thumb is: thumbs.
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Hyphenation of thumb
thumb
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- thumb is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
thumb synonyms
Meaning pollex:
Meaning ovolo:
Meaning hitchhike:
Meaning flick:
flick, flip, riffle, leaf, riff
Meaning finger:
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Translation of thumb
Words that rhyme with thumb
demirhumb, rhumb, Northumb, bethumb, hopthumb, hornthumb, tearthumb
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