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View definitions for thumb

thumb

noun as in finger

verb as in finger

verb as in handle

verb as in hitchhike

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in leaf

verb as in manipulate

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To ready her body, she ordered in Japanese last night, then had somebody administer an IV vitamin drip as she thumbed through an issue of the New Yorker.

"Now we can stay until 4pm twiddling our thumbs, without fish."

From BBC

Inevitably, there’s the question: To what end all this poking of thumbs in his fellow Democrats’ eyes?

While it might be hard to imagine berobed American judges marching through our streets in protest, not so long ago it was hard to imagine a president thumbing his nose at their rulings.

From Salon

One fan shouted: "How you liking Long Island Rory, thumbs up or down?"

From BBC

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

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