THUMB
\θˈʌm], \θˈʌm], \θ_ˈʌ_m]\
Definitions of THUMB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
By Princeton University
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look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
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To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
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To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
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To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
By Oddity Software
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The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
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To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
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To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
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To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
By Noah Webster.
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To play, as a musical instrument, awkwardly; soil with the thumb; as, to thumb the leaves of a book.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The short, thick finger of the hand: the corresponding member in other animals.
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To handle awkwardly: to play or soil with the thumb or fingers.
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To finger.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The short, thick finger of the hand.
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To handle awkwardly; to play or soil with the thumb or fingers; to finger.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The short, thick finger of the human hand; the corresponding member of other animals; power or influence.
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To handle awkwardly; to play or soil with the fingers.
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To play on with the fingers.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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