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View definitions for thumb

thumb

noun as in digit

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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Example Sentences

And considering his massive music-industry thumb print, that “you oughta know” Jack Antonoff is an understatement.

Pete stuck his thumb out at the age of 17 and hitch hiked out of Birmingham, England.

The Flip-a-District project is a clown-gloved thumb on the scale.

In the meantime, certain rules of thumb about drone use are self-evident.

He had only one tooth, and he ate by using his thumb as a second incisor.

Many persons impede their execution by not keeping the thumb independent enough of the rest of the hand.

Willis introduced into his organs pneumatic thumb-pistons about the year 1851.

He held the pin delicately between finger and thumb, and controlled her with his roguish eyes.

He turned pages with a moistened thumb, took a pencil out of his pocket, passed both to the passengers of the roadster.

And he jerked his thumb towards the tower where mademoiselle was a captive, and where at night "Battista" was locked in with her.

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On this page you'll find 330 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thumb, such as: claw, extremity, fang, feeler, finger, and fork.

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

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