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verb(thumb)to turn over pages
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verb(thumb)to travel by thumbing rides : hitchhike
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verb(thumb)to request or obtain (a ride) in a passing automobile by signaling with the thumb
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noun(thumb)the short thick digit of the human hand that is analogous in position to the big toe and differs from the other fingers in having only two phalanges, allowing greater freedom of movement, and being opposable to each of them; also : a corresponding digit in lower animals
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noun(thumb)the part of a glove or mitten that covers the thumb
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noun(thumb)a convex molding : ovolo
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noun(thumb)an instance or gesture of rejection, disapproval, or condemnation
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noun(thumb)an instance or gesture of approval or encouragement
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idiom(thumb)extremely awkward or clumsy
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noun(thumb)an unusual ability to make plants grow
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noun(thumb)a very small person
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noun(thumb)a widely distributed weedy annual herb (Polygonum persicaria) of the buckwheat family that has large lanceolate leaves often with a blackish blotch suggesting a thumbprint
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noun(thumb)any of several small freshwater spiny-finned sculpins (genus Cottus) of Europe and North America
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noun(thumb)a legendary English dwarf
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noun(thumb)a dwarf type, race, or individual