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  • noun Plural form of thumb.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thumb.

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Examples

  • One of the few things we do get right with our thumbs is the ability to stick them up our asses.

    Quick thoughts about Global Warming wendigomountain 2008

  • A government that will stop at nothing to get the people back under their thumbs is tragic and sad.

    Obama: Iran still has a path to international acceptance 2009

  • But I believe that Sotomayor will be voted in thumbs up.

    New Haven firefighter blasts Sotomayor for ruling 'along racial lines' 2009

  • He climbed into a gold Rolls Royce, lit a cigar with a £50 note and waved to the waiting photographers, giving his trademark twin thumbs up.

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  • Just because we have thumbs is no good reason to use them every chance we get.

    Quick thoughts about Global Warming wendigomountain 2008

  • * Chodin thumbs through photographs of a blood-soaked Benicio D*

    DAILY ROUNDUP: MARKY MARK IN PAYNE 2008

  • In fact in the link provided one of the mini-thumbs is Ray Charles and Steve Wonder performing together Wonder's "City" song.

    Happy Birthday, Ray Charles! Bill Crider 2007

  • The two umpires not on the field who rotate on a game-by-game basis, still in a six-man crew would look at slow-motion replays from two different angles (not from every camera in the park) and quickly give the call a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

    unknown title 2009

  • The two umpires not on the field who rotate on a game-by-game basis, still in a six-man crew would look at slow-motion replays from two different angles (not from every camera in the park) and quickly give the call a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

    unknown title 2009

  • The two umpires not on the field who rotate on a game-by-game basis, still in a six-man crew would look at slow-motion replays from two different angles (not from every camera in the park) and quickly give the call a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

    unknown title 2009

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