Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
thumb
IPA transcription: [θ'ʌm]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
thumb, pollex
Meaning:
the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hitchhike, hitch, thumb
Meaning:
travel by getting free rides from motorists
Usage examples
He took Don Diego's wrist between thumb and second finger.
Burlingame jerked his thumb toward a photograph on the wall.
I'm getting awful tired of living under another woman's thumb.
Norah stood holding it between thumb and finger, staring amazedly.
See here!" she cried again--"I spit upon the ground, and crack my thumb at it!
In clasping your own hand, you put uppermost either your right or your left thumb.
She sucked her thumb for a moment (this is guesswork), and sat down to her amazing tale.
Miss Terry returned to the play box and drew out between thumb and finger the topmost toy.
Clasp your fingers, and if the right thumb lap over the left you were born in the daytime.
The flame was extinguished as the flame of a candle is pinched out between thumb and forefinger.