thumb
thumb
θʌm
tham
/θʌm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "thumb"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āφāϙ⧁āϞ āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇

the thick finger that has a different position than the other four
thumb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baby grasped his mother 's thumb with a tight grip.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦ, āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧇ āĻĸ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇

the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻŽā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āϏ⧇āĻ•āĻļāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĒāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇, āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻžāϏ

a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
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āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to press, move, or manipulate something using the thumb
Transitive: to thumb sth
to thumb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In a rush, she had to thumb the keypad to send a quick text message.
āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϟ āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to get a free ride from passing vehicles by signaling with one's thumb
Transitive: to thumb a ride
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When his car broke down on the highway, he had no choice but to thumb a lift.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

to flip through pages using one's thumb
Transitive: to thumb pages
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The librarian thumbed the pages of the book, checking for any damages or missing pages.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ, āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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