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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

It was possible to pinch your thumb and forefinger together for a button press or rub the two fingers together to spin a dial.

Six feet is a good rule of thumb for reducing the risk of getting infected, and there are ways to make sure people stay that far apart.

Adding up all those costs, drawing on the latest research, the report comes up with with a total externalities cost of between $800 and $1,400 per tonne, with “at least $1,000” used as a reasonable rule of thumb.

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It differentiates between products and services and uses a binary thumbs up or down system like Facebook, rather than a point or star-ratings system like Google.

Linking to your other blog posts from a relating one has become a rule of thumb in writing blog posts.

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

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