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[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle Englishthombe,thoume,thoumbe,fromOld Englishþūma,fromProto-West Germanic*þūmō,fromProto-Germanic*þūmôfromProto-Indo-European*tūm-(“to grow”).
See alsoWest Frisiantomme,Dutchduim,Low GermanDuum,GermanDaumen,Danishtomme,Swedishtumme;also Welshtyfu(“to grow”),Latintumēre(“to swell”),Lithuaniantumėti(“to thicken, clot”),Ancient Greekτύμβος(túmbos,“burial mound”),Avestan𐬀𐬨𐬏𐬙(amūt,“strong”),Sanskritतुम्र(túmra,“strong, thick”).The parasitic‐bhas existed since the late 13th century.[1]
Pronunciation
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[edit]thumb(pluralthumbs)
- The short thickdigitof the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made tooppose(moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- (graphical user interface)The part of asliderthat may be moved linearly along the slider.
- a scroll-barthumb
- (colloquial,Internet)Athumbnailpicture.
- 2001,Gary, “Wanna See Porn? Take a Look At These (Free ExpandableThumbs) - CLICK HERE”, inalt.sex.services(Usenet):
Synonyms
[edit]- (digit):pollex,digit I,first digit(anatomy);thumby(colloquial)
Hypernyms
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[edit]- (digit):opposable thumb
Derived terms
[edit]- all fingers and thumbs
- all thumbs
- ball of the thumb
- bethumb
- bite one's thumb
- black thumb
- brown thumb
- Chinese thumb cuff
- e-thumb
- fash one's thumb
- get the thumb
- green thumb
- hop-o'-my-thumb
- lady's thumb
- miller's thumb
- Nintendo thumb
- opposable thumb
- rule of thumb
- stand out like a sore thumb
- stick out like a sore thumb
- suck out of one's thumb
- tearthumb
- thimble
- thumbable
- thumb a lift
- thumb a ride
- thumb-a-war
- thumb blue
- thumbboard
- thumb drive
- thumber
- thumb fight
- thumbhole
- thumb index
- thumb-indexed
- thumbkin
- thumb knot
- thumbless
- thumblike
- thumbling
- thumbmark
- thumbmarked
- thumbnail
- thumbnut
- thumb on the scale
- thumb on the scales
- thumb-over
- thumbpad
- thumb piano
- thumbpick
- thumbpiece
- thumb position
- thumbpot
- thumbprint
- thumbprinted
- thumb-ring
- thumb ring
- thumbsbreadth
- thumbscrew
- thumbshot
- thumb sketch
- thumb-sketch
- thumb splitter
- thumbstall
- thumbstick
- thumb stone
- thumbstroke
- thumbsucker
- thumbsucking
- thumbs up
- thumbtack
- thumb tip
- thumb-toe
- thumb war
- thumbwheel
- thumbwheel
- thumb wrestle
- under one's thumb
- under the thumb
Translations
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Verb
[edit]thumb(third-person singular simple presentthumbs,present participlethumbing,simple past and past participlethumbed)
- (transitive)To touch or cover with the thumb.
- tothumbthe touch-hole of a cannon
- 2022November 15,Patrick Wintour,“Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine”, inThe Guardian[1]:
- News agencies reported Lavrov had been sent to hospital for a checkup, only for the Russian foreign ministry to rush out a picture of Lavrov in shorts, sporting an Apple watch and Jean-Michel Basquiat-inspired T-shirt,thumbinghis notes for his first address at the summit on Tuesday.
- (transitive,withthrough)To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read itcursorily.
- Synonyms:peruse(in one of its senses),flip through
- thumbthrough
- Ithumbedthrough the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
- 1948March and April, “Notes and News: Lines in County Donegal”, inRailway Magazine,page129:
- It is also disconcerting when you suddenly realise that the driver isn't steering, but may bethumbingover his Customs papers with his feet up.
- (travel)Tohitchhike
- So I startedthumbin'back east, toward my hometown.
- 1969,Kris Kristofferson,Fred Foster,Me and Bobby McGee:
- Bobbythumbeda diesel down, just before it rained.
- 1980,Kye Fleming,Dennis Morgan,Smoky Mountain Rain:
- Thumbedadieseldown, outside a cafe.
- Tosoilorwearwith the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, byfrequenthandling.
- 1849–1861,Thomas Babington Macaulay,chapter 13, inThe History of England from the Accession of James the Second,volumes(please specify |volume=I to V),London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC:
- He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had beenthumbedto pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs.
- To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
- 2009,Jon Sharp,The Trailsman #337: Silver Showdown:
- Fargo palmed out his own revolver,thumbingback the hammer as the barrel came up.
- 2015,Tony Monchinski,Bad Men (I Kill Monsters Book 3):
- Rainford reached down and found the revolver.Thumbingthe cylinder open, he inspected the load.
- 2015,Don Fitzsimmons,If You Need a Laugh:
- Andy opened the revolver,thumbedin a cartridge.
- To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.
- 2011,Hans-Christian Vortisch,GURPS Tactical Shooting,page14:
- Tothumba single-action revolver, hold down the trigger and use the thumb on the same hand to fire the gun by manipulating the hammer.
Synonyms
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[edit]- (firing a single action revolver via hammer flicks while trigger is held down)fanning(using opposite hand instead of thumb)
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References
[edit]- ^Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “thumb”,inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
Albanian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From*thon(“(finger)nail”)(modernthua). More atthua.
Noun
[edit]thumbm(pluralthumba)
- stinger(of a bee)
- thorn,prick
- bellclapper,tongue (of bell)
- tack,thumbtack,shoe tack (spike)
- point ofarrowhead,spiked tip of a goad or prod
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]thumb(pluralthumbes)
- Alternative form ofþombe(“thumb”)
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