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Thumb

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Noun

the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
the corresponding digit in other animals; pollex.
the part of a glove or mitten for containing this digit.
Architecture . an ovolo or echinus molding.

Verb (used with object)

to soil or wear with the thumbs in handling, as the pages of a book.
to glance through (the pages of a book, leaflet, etc.) quickly.
to play (a guitar or other instrument) with or as with the thumbs.
(of a hitchhiker) to solicit or get (a ride) by pointing the thumb in the desired direction of travel. ?

Idioms

all thumbs
awkward; clumsy; bungling
The visitor almost knocked over a vase and seemed to be all thumbs.
thumb one's nose
to put one's thumb to one's nose and extend the fingers as a crudely defiant or contemptuous gesture.
to express defiance or contempt; dismiss or reject contemptuously.
thumbs down
a gesture or expression of dissent or disapproval
We turned thumbs down to that suggestion.
thumbs up
a gesture or expression of assent or approval.
under one's thumb, under the power or influence of; subordinate to. Also
under the thumb of.

Synonyms

verb
dip into , flip through , glance at , leaf , riffle , run through , scan , skim
noun
pollex

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