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Definitions

thumb

[thuhm] / θʌm /






VERB
hitchhike
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK








Example Sentences

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Fuller-Seeley says that “singing ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?’ really caught on in popular culture as a way of trying to thumb your nose at the Great Depression.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Galatasaray midfielder Noa Lang has said his surgery "went well" after he suffered a "serious cut" to his thumb during their 4-0 Champions League defeat at Anfield.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Their rule of thumb is that a sustained 10% increase in oil boosts the inflation rate by 0.2 percentage points, and the core inflation rate by 0.04 points.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

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 • Mar. 12, 2026

She’s had a green thumb since before we moved to the Ranch.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy