Word Finder - thumbing

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To touch or cover with the thumb.

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to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon

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(with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.

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I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.

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(travel) To hitchhike

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So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.

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To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.

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To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.

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To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.

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The act by which something is thumbed.

He was thumbing through the pages when Fred leaned over to him.

A text may become illegible through damp or constant thumbing; portions of it may be torn away; if it is in book form, leaves or whole quires may be detached and either lost or misplaced.

I think Rove will walk, thumbing his nose at the pile of corpses he helped to create.

I think rove will walk, thumbing his nose at the pile of corpses he helped to create.

This information is invaluable to anyone searching for a specific club that fits their dog hobby interests, and yields far quicker results than thumbing through a phone book.

If spring is in the air and thumbing through seed catalogs has you dreaming of your vegetable garden, you may begin to wonder, "When should I plant tomatoes?"

Easier Navigation – Instead of thumbing through dozens of pages to find what you need, an online catalog allows you to search or find what you're looking for with the click of a mouse.

If you're constantly thumbing through the latest issues of Vogue and In Style, chances are you have a taste for all things trendy and runway-worthy.

Calling a lower back tattoo a "tramp stamp" is many women's way of thumbing their nose at antiquated attitudes about a woman's right to express herself.