Term Gallery logo

Meanings of thumb (thumbs) 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.

Synonyms
Examples for "finger"
Examples for "finger"
1
All the children looked in the direction in which his finger pointed.
Seven O'Clock Stories
2
Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given...
3
A budding crisis is not the time for turf wars or finger-pointing.
Wired
4
She forgot the dog in the newer interest of my wounded finger.
The Masquerader
5
The cells in the finger tips experience a sensation of burning pain.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
Usage of thumbs in English
1
The state teacher's union has given the thumbs-down to both ideas, however.
Wired
2
Is it really possible to find true love with just your thumbs?
Wired
3
Despite the thumbs-up from the IOC, however, problems will not go away.
Reuters
4
His reviews went far deeper than simply thumbs up or thumbs down.
The Guardian
5
If the news is thumbs-up, we can probably score some free drinks.
Nemesis
6
Thanks for reading along and clicking thumbs for the past several hours.
BBC
7
Bullseye hooked his thumbs in his front pockets, evidence presented, case rested.
Rock and Ice Magazine
8
You still good to go? He grinned and gave her a thumbs-up.
Deadly Heat
9
For the most efficient upward progress, thumbs-up is the way to go.
Climbing Magazine
10
How many junior highers have you seen sucking their thumbs in public?
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
11
And there is Facebook, of course -many thumbs-upfor bad-assMarines.
Reuters
12
The future of communication doesn't start with two thumbs and a keyboard.
Wired
13
If only Bell's feet moved as fast as his thumbs these days.
News.com.au
14
Dizzy gave Parry a thumbs-up and waited for him to get clear.
Coalition's End
15
Abraham received the message, offered Gibbs a thumbs-up and ran away beaming.
The Guardian
16
Uncertain how much he'd seen, I gave a thumbs-up and smiled brightly.
Bones Are Forever
About this term
More collocations
Translations for thumbs
Spanish
pulgar
Thumbs through the time
Thumbs across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Common
More variants