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Synonyms for thumb
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Princeton's WordNet
thumb, pollexnoun
the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
Synonyms:
ovolo, quarter round, pollexthumbnoun
the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
Synonyms:
ovolo, quarter round, pollexovolo, thumb, quarter roundverb
a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
Synonyms:
ovolo, quarter round, pollexhitchhike, hitch, thumbverb
travel by getting free rides from motorists
Synonyms:
jerk, hitch, hitchhike, leaf, flip, buck, limp, flick, riff, finger, catch, gimp, riffle, hobbleflick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riffverb
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
Synonyms:
pitch, throw, twitch, click, toss, flip over, switch, turn over, flick, riff, leaf, tack, alternate, riffle, flip, ripple, interchange, snap, flip-flop, flip out, flicker, hitch, ruffle, finger, jerk, cockle, sky, hitchhike, undulatefinger, thumbverb
feel or handle with the fingers
"finger the binding of the book"
Synonyms:
hitch, hitchhike, leaf, flip, flick, feel, riff, finger, riffle
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#38 | page | |
#94 | click | |
#603 | browse | |
#873 | feel | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2261 | inch | |
#2872 | sky | |
#3635 | catch | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4908 | finger | |
#5029 | leaf | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#8285 | buck | |
#12778 | interchange | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15194 | tack | |
#15920 | limp | |
#16465 | flick | |
#16589 | gimp | |
#22575 | riff | |
#23676 | ripple | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#37563 | peruse | |
#70369 | riffle | |
#87911 | cockle | |
#97970 | pouce | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#204476 | undulate |
How to use thumb in a sentence?
CHRIS The bane and blessing of human nature. That old cat killer, curiosity. Something so deeply embedded in our psyches that it screams to us from ancient myths of Pandora. Eve. Lot's wife. JOEL Eve lost paradise, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Knowledge doesn't come cheap my friend. CHRIS Good or bad, curiosity is woven into our DNA like tonsils or like the opposable thumb. It's the fire under the ass of the human experience
I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.
If you were to shake a Neanderthal hand you would notice this difference, there would be confusion over where to place the thumb, and for a thumb fight I think you would win in terms of speed and movement !
I'll tell you what offends me about this. We've already lost American service members lives in this operation and we've done it without Congress being willing to do the job of having a vote. If we're going to ask people to risk their lives, then Congress ought to do our job and put our thumb print on this mission and say, it is in the national interest.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
Translations for thumb
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- duimAfrikaans
- pulgarAragonese
- إبهامArabic
- baş barmaqAzerbaijani
- вялі́кі па́лецBelarusian
- па́лецBulgarian
- অঙ্গুষ্ঠBengali
- མཐེ་བོངTibetan Standard
- meudoù, biz-meud, bizied-meud, meudBreton
- polzeCatalan, Valencian
- palecCzech
- tommelfinger, tommeltotDanish
- durchblättern, DaumenGerman
- ބޮޑުވައި އިގިލިDivehi
- αντίχειρας, εγκοπή ευρετηρίασηςGreek
- dikfingro, poleksoEsperanto
- pulgarSpanish
- pöialEstonian
- hazlodiBasque
- ابهام, شستPersian
- peukaloFinnish
- tummil, tummilfingurFaroese
- pouce, feuilleterFrench
- tommeWestern Frisian
- òrdagScottish Gaelic
- polgar, cachapiollos, matapiollosGalician
- અંગૂઠોGujarati
- אגודלHebrew
- अंगूठाHindi
- hüvelykujjHungarian
- բութ մատArmenian
- polliceInterlingua
- ibu jariIndonesian
- polexoIdo
- þumalfingur, þumallIcelandic
- dito grosso, polliceItalian
- 親指Japanese
- ცერიGeorgian
- бас бармақKazakh
- 엄지, 엄지손가락Korean
- баш бармакKyrgyz
- pollexLatin
- DaumLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- nykštysLithuanian
- īkšķisLatvian
- палецMacedonian
- अंगठाMarathi
- ibu jariMalay
- saba’ l-kbirMaltese
- duimDutch
- tommel, tommeskrueNorwegian
- poce, pulgarOccitan
- kciukPolish
- dedo polegar, polegarPortuguese
- deget mare, policarRomanian
- большо́й па́лец, мусо́лить, листа́ть, перели́стывать, проли́стыватьRussian
- अङ्गुष्ठSanskrit
- bealgiNorthern Sami
- палац, palacSerbo-Croatian
- palecSlovak
- palecSlovene
- gisht i madh i dorës, pulqer, gisht i madh, pulicarAlbanian
- tummeSwedish
- kidole gumbaSwahili
- బొటనవేలుTelugu
- นิ้วโป้ง, หัวแม่มือThai
- başam barmakTurkmen
- hinlalakiTagalog
- başparmak, karıştırmakTurkish
- вели́кий па́лецьUkrainian
- ngón tay cáiVietnamese
- dömVolapük
- 拇指Chinese
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