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You stick out like a sore thumb.At the end of the row are two monumental thumbs.Now van drivers cheerily give him the thumbs up.Locals wave or give us the thumbs up.It should be necessary to move only your thumb to cut and to keep complete control.The thumb took two days because the bone in the middle caused problems.We stuck out like sore thumbs but had some of the best nights of our lives.That explains them trying to thumb a lift.So is it time once more to stick out our thumb and chance our arm?The rest of the senior management team also get the thumbs up.There should not be more than an inch of flesh between the thumb and forefinger.She had me under the thumb a bit.What were once their left thumbs became shapeless swollen lumps of meat.He had also lost his thumb and two fingers on his right hand.She was wearing a bright fluorescent pink raincoat and stood out like a sore thumb.He tries to thumb a lift from cars as they approach from either direction.But any meal with virtually no salt gets the thumbs up.The supermodel also treasures a tattoo between her thumb and forefinger.The result is numbness and pins and needles towards the thumb side of your palm affecting all your fingers except the little one.If this action means that the company survives, investors will give that the thumbs up.We can't help but move our thumbs across our phones.Open the arms to the sides, turning the thumbs back and sticking the chest out.The pins and needles are classically felt on the thumb side of the hand, with the little finger being spared.The verdict An unequivocal thumbs up.I did, and a tiny wooden snake jumped out and bit my thumb.The verdict A resounding thumbs down.But they soon run into problems as, with two thumbs on each hand, drivers do not know whether they want to get a ride north or south.

In other languages
thumb

British English: thumb /θʌm/ NOUN
Your thumb is the short, thick part on the side of your hand next to your first finger.
...the tip of her left thumb.
  • American English: thumb
  • Arabic: إِبْهامُ الْيَد
  • Brazilian Portuguese: polegar
  • Chinese: 拇指
  • Croatian: palac
  • Czech: palec
  • Danish: tommelfinger
  • Dutch: duim
  • European Spanish: pulgar
  • Finnish: peukalo
  • French: pouce partie du corps
  • German: Daumen
  • Greek: αντίχειρας
  • Italian: pollice
  • Japanese: 親指
  • Korean: 엄지손가락
  • Norwegian: tommel
  • Polish: kciuk
  • European Portuguese: polegar
  • Romanian: degetul marede la mână
  • Russian: большой палец руки
  • Latin American Spanish: pulgar
  • Swedish: tumme
  • Thai: นิ้วโป้ง
  • Turkish: baş parmak
  • Ukrainian: великий палець руки
  • Vietnamese: ngón tay cái
British English: thumb VERB
If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
It may interest you to know that a boy answering his description thumbed a ride to to the city.
  • American English: thumb
  • Brazilian Portuguese: folhear
  • Chinese: 搭便车站在公路边 竖起大拇指请求
  • European Spanish: hacer autostop
  • French: faire du stop pour obtenirN
  • German: per Anhalter fahren
  • Italian: fare l'autostop per avere
  • Japanese: ヒッチハイクをする
  • Korean: 엄지손가락을 들어 히치하이크하다
  • European Portuguese: folhear
  • Latin American Spanish: hacer autostop

All related terms of 'thumb'

Chinese translation of 'thumb'

thumb

(θʌm)

n (c)

  1. (on hand) 大拇指 (dàmǔzhǐ) (个(個), )

vt

  1. to thumb a lift/ride 搭便车(車) (dā biànchē)
to give sb/sth the thumbs down (inf) 不同意某人/某事 (bù tóngyì mǒurén/mǒushì)
to give sb/sth the thumbs up (inf) 同意某人/某事 (tóngyì mǒurén/mǒushì)
(noun) 
Definition
the short thick finger of the hand set apart from the others
She bit her thumb, not looking at me.
Synonyms
digit
(verb) 
Definition
to touch, mark, or move with the thumb
a well-thumbed copy of Who's Who
Synonyms
handle
Be careful when handling young animals.
finger
He fingered the few coins in his pocket.
mark
soil
maul
mess up
dog-ear
(verb) 
Definition
to attempt to obtain (a lift in a motor vehicle) by signalling with the thumb
Thumbing a lift once had a carefree image.
Synonyms
hitch (informal)
I hitched a lift into town.
request (informal)
signal for
hitchhike

idioms

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phrasal verb

See thumb through something

related words

technical name pollex
related adjective pollicical

Additional synonyms

in the sense of finger
Definition
to touch or manipulate with the fingers
He fingered the few coins in his pocket.
Synonyms
touch,
feel,
handle,
play with,
manipulate,
paw (informal),
maul,
toy with,
fiddle with (informal),
meddle with,
play about with

Synonyms of 'thumb'

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