Word Finder - thumbs

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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.

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The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

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A thumbnail picture.

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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.

His thumbs pushed her tears away.

Sarah gave him the thumbs up sign.

Instead, he took her face in his hands, caressing her cheeks with his thumbs.

Jessi's head nodded forward as he ran his thumbs along the sides of her neck to loosen the muscles.

Fingers and thumbs were struck constantly and after a few hours I was the first to fall.

One of his thumbs stroked the small of her back as he thought.

Finally he lifted his hands and cradled her face in them, the thumbs gently caressing her cheeks.

He didn't say I had to climb down on some rope and hang by my thumbs!

He wiped her tears with his thumbs and kissed her forehead.

He felt the tips of his fingers with his thumbs.

He tucked his thumbs in his hip pockets and turned away from her.

She wrote a cover story about how the police force is sitting around on their thumbs while the poor widow's little twin darlings remain missing.

His thumbs caressed her cheeks and his voice was soft.

He poked thumbs into his pockets and challenged her.

These monkeys are characterized by their lank bodies, long slender limbs and tail, welldeveloped thumbs, absence of cheek-pouches, and complex stomachs.

Gabriel moved into her peripheral, thumbs looped through his belt as he leaned against the counter on the other side of the breakfast bar's island.

I don't expect a response for at least a month so i guess it's back to twiddling thumbs.

Zimbabwe was given a big thumbs down by the miners.

MySQL 5 gets a major thumbs up from me.

The interim results from the PMlifeline online poll gives a resounding thumbs up to web based training.

Brilliantly done - it's a definite thumbs up from us.

Thumbs Down for the beaver Plans by Scottish Natural Heritage to reintroduce the European beaver to Scotland were recently rejected by Scottish ministers.

This involves really simple things like keeping your thumbs out from between the steering wheel spokes.

The lack of thumbs in spider monkeys is an adaptation for swinging through the trees.

So keep you eyes open for Episcopal Church thumbs nose at Communion stories tomorrow.

I do n't expect a response for at least a month so i guess it 's back to twiddling thumbs.

Don't hack, or we will alert Tank and expect broken thumbs.

Do n't hack, or we will alert Tank and expect broken thumbs.

Brilliantly done - it 's a definite thumbs up from us.

Asked about Saddam Hussein, she gives a big thumbs up with a toothy grin.

He must have been bored twiddling thumbs sans the Internet !

Rather than twiddle thumbs for the night, it was decided to use the continous scan data.

And what if you need an answer by Tuesday and you 're still twiddling thumbs on the Saturday?

I 'm going on a long-haul flight to San Francisco on Monday and I 'm dreading the 12 hours sat there twiddling my thumbs.

It took nearly half an hour, almost all of which involved me idly twiddling my thumbs waiting for data.

You don't want people frustrated because you've become a bottleneck for decision-making; and you don't want to pay people for twiddling their thumbs while you try to decide.

Don't worry if you're all thumbs when it comes to crafts.

Other users comment on threads, giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down, to let you know if the deal is really good.

It sounds like there are a few kinks for the company to still work out, but most users did give the company's customer service and technical support a thumbs up.

You can press them in with your thumbs or use a hammer to gently tap them all the way in.

These tips can help transform you from having two left thumbs when it comes to makeup and into a real beauty whiz.

Holding handwritten signs of prayer and gratitude, or just the classic thumbs up signal, teen hitchhikers take many risky measures to escape from home and their adult supervised environments.

You may be pressed for time or have two left thumbs when it comes to crafts.

The LoveToKnow Garden community is made up of real people with green thumbs and a passion for gardening.

Is styling your hair something that you are skilled at, or are you all thumbs?

Senior centers can develop gardening programs to let participants use their green thumbs and nurturing skills.

If you played FFVII until your thumbs bled, you probably wouldn't mind losing another 101 minutes to this franchise.

A definite thumbs up to Nintendo's latest Mario Kart game.

Repeat until your thumbs break from gaming exhaustion.

Typing lengthy emails using just your thumbs is not much more difficult than on a computer keyboard, and definitely easier than the more standard SMS-like practices found on conventional cell phones.