Word Meaning

thumbs definition and meaning

n. The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
v. t. To handle awkwardly.
v. t. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
v. t. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
v. i. To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

Crossword clues for thumbs

- Flip (through)
- Gardener's green ...
- Gardener’s green ...
- Hand digit
- Hand part
- Hitch (lift)
- Hitch (ride)
- Leaf (through pages)
- Leaf (through)
- Leaf through (pages)
- Opposable digit
- Part of a glove
- Part of hand
- The "fifth finger"
- Thickest hand digit
- two up
- Hitching digits that become, when put before the crew, a painful device
- Pollices