thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θʌm/
note: Indic
ipa: /t̪am(b)/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: thumbs
form: thum
form: thume
form: thumbe
Etymology: Derived from Middle English thombe, thoume, thoumbe, from Old English þūma, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to grow”).
See also West Frisian tomme, Dutch duim, Low German Duum, German Daumen, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme; also
Welsh tyfu (“to grow”), Latin tumēre (“to swell”), Lithuanian tumėti (“to thicken, clot”), Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “burial mound”), Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬏𐬙 (amūt, “strong”), Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, thick”). The parasitic ‐b has existed since the late 13th century.
Senses: glosses: The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
examples: text: a scroll-bar thumb
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
examples: ref: 2001, Gary, “Wanna See Porn? Take a Look At These (Free Expandable Thumbs) - CLICK HERE”, in alt.sex.services (Usenet):
glosses: A thumbnail picture.
glosses: A top hatch plate for covering an excavator bucket, used to keep material in the digger bucket after scooping it up, and not letting it spill out.
Synonyms: word: pollex
word: digit I
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
word: first digit
word: thumby
Hypernyms: word: digit
word: finger
Hyponyms: word: opposable thumb
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from thumb (noun)
word: all fingers and thumbs
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word: all thumbs
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word: ball of the thumb
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word: bethumb
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word: bite one's thumb
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word: black thumb
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word: brown thumb
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word: butcher's thumb
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word: Chinese thumb cuff
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word: e-thumb
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word: fash one's thumb
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word: gamekeeper's thumb
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word: get the thumb
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word: green thumb
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word: hop-o'-my-thumb
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word: lady's thumb
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word: miller's thumb
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word: Mother Thumb and her four daughters
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word: Nintendo thumb
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word: opposable thumb
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word: rule of thumb
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word: skier's thumb
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word: sore thumb
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word: stand out like a sore thumb
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word: stick out like a sore thumb
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word: suck out of one's thumb
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word: tearthumb
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word: thimble
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word: thumbable
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word: thumb a lift
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word: thumb a ride
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word: thumb-a-war
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word: thumb blue
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word: thumbboard
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word: thumb drive
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word: thumber
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word: thumb fight
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word: thumbhole
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word: thumb index
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word: thumb-indexed
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word: thumbkin
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word: thumb knot
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word: thumbless
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word: thumblike
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word: thumbling
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word: thumbmark
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word: thumbmarked
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word: Thumb Master
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word: thumbnail
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word: thumbnut
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word: thumb on the scale
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word: thumb on the scales
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word: thumb-over
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word: thumbpad
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word: thumb piano
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word: thumbpick
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word: thumbpiece
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word: thumb position
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word: thumbpot
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word: thumbprint
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word: thumbprinted
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word: thumb ring
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word: thumb-ring
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word: thumbsbreadth
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word: thumbscrew
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word: thumbshot
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word: thumb sketch
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word: thumb-sketch
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word: thumb splitter
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word: thumbstall
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word: thumbstick
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word: thumb stone
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word: thumbstroke
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word: thumbsucker
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word: thumbsucking
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word: thumbs up
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word: thumbtack
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word: thumb tip
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word: thumb-toe
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word: thumb war
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word: thumbwheel
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word: thumb wrestle
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word: Tom Thumb
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word: Tom Thumb golf
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word: tweak of the thumb
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word: under one's thumb
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word: under the thumb