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"Thumb" Definition

noun

A corresponding digit in other animals, especially primates. Also called pollex.
Architecture An ovolo.
The part of a glove or mitten that covers the thumb.
The short thick digit of the human hand, next to the index finger and opposable to each of the other four digits.
The short thick digit of the human hand that is analogous in position to the big toe and differs from the other fingers in having only two phalanges, allowing greater freedom of movement, and being opposable to each of them.

idiom

All thumbs Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; clumsy.
Thumbs down An expression of rejection, refusal, or disapproval.
Thumbs up An expression of approval, success, or hope.

verb-intransitive

Informal To hitchhike.
To scan written matter by turning over pages with or as if with the thumb: thumbed through the latest issue of the magazine.

verb-transitive

Informal To solicit (a ride) from a passing vehicle by signaling with the thumb.
To disarrange, soil, or wear by careless or frequent handling.
To scan (written matter) by turning over pages with or as if with the thumb.

verb

To leaf through (pages) with the thumb .
To soil or wear by or as if by repeated .
To request or obtain (a ride) in a passing automobile by signaling with the thumb.
To turn over pages .
To travel by thumbing rides .

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