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thumb

[thuhm] / θʌm /






VERB
hitchhike
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK








Example Sentences

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But "never did we anticipate or expect them, I think, to be able to hold in their brains, which aren't much bigger than your thumb, information over thousands of square miles," he said.

From Barron's

He plucks out a blade of grass with his free hand and spins it between the pads of his thumb and index finger.

From Literature

She put the photo back in her pencil case, and then gripped the zipper with her thumb and first finger and pulled.

From Literature

As a general rule of thumb: where eyeballs go, advertisers follow.

From The Wall Street Journal

These animals are known for their tiny teeth and unusually short arms that end in a single enlarged thumb claw.

From Science Daily