Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having thumbs, as distinguished from other digits.
- Marked with thumb-marks: as, a thumbed book.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having thumbs.
- adjective Soiled by handling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in combination Having some
specific type ofthumb . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
thumb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
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Examples
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He did not use it to chase his assailant away, but without a word thumbed off the safety and shot the would-be thief dead in the head.
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He did not use it to chase his assailant away, but without a word thumbed off the safety and shot the would-be thief dead in the head.
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Probably many of these _incognita_ and _rarissima_ perished in the great fire of London; others again met their fate solely through their own popularity, being 'thumbed' to pieces.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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For example, the distributional tables outlining the impact of the GST were the most 'thumbed' part of the documentation, certainly by those Treasury officers answering phone queries.
Peter Martin 2009
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He handed her the papers, and she thumbed through them.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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Gideon thumbed the button on the edge of the microphone.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Then he moved to crates that held the loose photos and thumbed through each one.
Survivors Seek Japan's Past, in Photos Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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He thumbed the button, gratified when the arm of blue-white light appeared in front of him, illuminating Kate as she floated down to the same depth.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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I pulled it down and thumbed the light button but I couldn't see from my facemask to the gauge, all I saw is a lit up flecky-brownish mess in the blackness and a smeared turquoise square, too smeared to see what was necessary just like the turquoise pool in the desert.
Rodeo Days James Robison 2011
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She went into her home office, thumbed through Science and Health, and began reading a section.
The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011
reesetee commented on the word thumbed
Used to describe a coin that has been doctored in a specific way to cover marks, hairlines, or other disturbances. Often associated with silver dollars, but it is actually used on many issues, primarily business strikes. The thumb is rubbed lightly over the disturbances, and the oils in the skin help disguise the problems.
April 22, 2008