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Meanings of thumb in English

Portuguese
pedir carona
Catalan
fer autostop

To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road.

        pedir carona
        Portuguese
        dedo
        Catalan
        polze
        Spanish
        pulgar

        The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.

              dedo
              Portuguese
              manusear
              Catalan
              fullejar

              Feel or handle with the fingers.

                    manusear

                    A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.

                          Usage of thumb in English
                          1
                          Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left.
                          Into the Water
                          2
                          Likewise, the left thumb shall be bound to the right great toe.
                          Outlander
                          3
                          I think the rule of thumb is to wait for 10 years.
                          The Guardian
                          4
                          The rule of thumb is to board 30 minutes prior to departure.
                          The South African
                          5
                          Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
                          Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given...
                          6
                          Initially, the health minister threw out a thumb-suck figure of R259 billion.
                          The South African
                          7
                          A thumb injury was the basis of her initial troubles last year.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          Now look with just your right eye - the thumb moved, right?
                          Wired
                          9
                          Lumley left his thumb-prints in the putty he stuck in his window-sash.
                          The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
                          10
                          FICO's scoring technology has no doubt improved upon handcrafted rules of thumb.
                          Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probabilities a...
                          11
                          Listen. And he jerked his thumb in the direction of the wainscot.
                          The Tavern Knight
                          12
                          Your right thumb points in the direction of the angular velocity vector.
                          Wired
                          13
                          Cocked his thumb in a way that suggested need, but not desperation.
                          Nothing to lose
                          14
                          Then the cure steeped the thumb of St. Sergius in beef broth.
                          The Cloister and the Hearth
                          15
                          She jerked with a dirty thumb in the direction of the kitchen.
                          The Captives
                          16
                          He jerked a dirty thumb in the direction of the chief clerk.
                          The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
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                          Translations for thumb
                          Spanish
                          pulgar
                          Thumb through the time
                          Thumb across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
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