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Image:Thumbup.jpg|thumb|A human thumb

English

Etymology

{{term|þuma|þūma|lang=ang}}, from , from {{proto|Indo-European|tūmon-|thick finger}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|tū-|swell}} (compare Latin ). Cognate with Dutch , German .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

Synonyms

pollex , thumby

Translations

Arabic: {{t|ar|إبهام|sc=Arab}}
Asturian: , , ,
Basque:
Bosnian: {{t-|bs|palac|m}}
Breton: {{t|br|biz-meud|m}}, {{t|br|bizied-meud|m|p}}; {{t|br|meud|m}}, {{t|br|meudoù|m|p}}
Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|палец|m|sc=Cyrl}}
Catalan: {{t|ca|polze|m}}
Chinese:
: Cantonese: {{t|zh-yue|大拇指|tr=daai6 mou5 ji2}}
: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|大拇指|tr=dà mǔ zhǐ}}
Croatian: {{t+|hr|palac|m}}
Czech: {{t-|cs|palec|m}}
Danish: ,
Divehi:
Dutch: {{t+|nl|duim|m}}
Erzya: {{t|myv|пелька|tr=pelka}}
Esperanto: {{t-|eo|polekso|xs=Esperanto}}, {{t-|eo|dikfingro|xs=Esperanto}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|pouce|m}}
West Frisian:
German: {{t|de|Daumen|m}}
Hebrew: {{t|he|אגודל|sc=Hebr}}
Hindi: {{t|hi|अंगूठा|tr=angooththa}}
Hungarian:
Icelandic: {{t+|is|þumall|m}}, {{t-|is|þumalfingur|m}}
Ido:
Indonesian: {{t+|id|ibu jari|xs=Indonesian}}
Interlingua:
Italian: {{t+|it|pollice|m}}, {{t-|it|dito grosso|m}}

Japanese: {{t|ja|親指|tr=おやゆび, oyayubi|sc=Jpan}}
Korean: {{t|ko|엄지|tr=eomji}}, {{t|ko|엄지손가락|tr=eomjisongarak}}
Latin: {{t-|la|pollex|m}}
Marathi: {{t|mr|आंग्ठा|tr=ãngththa}}
Northern Sami:
Pangasinan:
Pitjantjatjara:
Polish: {{t+|pl|kciuk|m}}
Portuguese: {{t-|pt|dedo polegar|m}}, {{t+|pt|polegar|m}}
Romanian: {{t-|ro|deget mare|n}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|большой палец|m|tr=bol'šój pál'ec|sc=Cyrl}}
Sicilian:
Slovak: {{t-|sk|palec|m}}
Slovene: {{t+|sl|palec|m}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|pulgar|m}}
Swahili:
Swedish:
Telugu: {{t|te|బొటనవేలు|tr=boTanavElu}}
Thai: {{t|th|sc=Thai|หัวแม่มือ|tr=hŭa mâe meu}}
Turkish: {{t+|tr|başparmak|m}}
Ukrainian:

Hypernyms

digit, finger

Hyponyms

opposable thumb

Derived terms

Verb

To touch with the thumb.
To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
: I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.

Synonyms

browse, leaf, page, peruse

Derived terms

thumb one's nose

well-thumbed

Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thumb \Thumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thumbing.]
1. To handle awkwardly. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]

2. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers;
as, to thumb over a tune.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had
been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him
have a few more packs. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS.
[thorn][=u]ma; akin to OFries. th[=u]ma, D. duim, G. daumen,
OHG. d[=u]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw.
tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [root]56. Cf.
Thimble, Tumid.]
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing
from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the
pollex. See Pollex.
[1913 Webster]

Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Thumb band, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb.
--Mortimer.

Thumb blue, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps,
used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like.

Thumb latch, a door latch having a lever formed to be
pressed by the thumb.

Thumb mark.
(a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the
leaves of a book. --Longfellow.
(b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan
terriers.

Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between
the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a
knurled rim for the same perpose.

Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak.

Thumb stall.
(a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for
protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work.
(b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to
close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or
loaded.

Under one's thumb, completely under one's power or
influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thumb \Thumb\, v. i.
To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet thumb
n 1: the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: pollex]
2: the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
3: a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a
quarter of a circle or of an ellipse [syn: ovolo, {quarter
round}]
v 1: travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn: hitchhike,
hitch]
2: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed
through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn:
flick, flip, riffle, leaf, riff]
3: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the
book" [syn: finger]

Moby Dictionary
OK , accept , all thumbs , annulary , approve of , awkward ,
be contemptuous of , catch a ride , clumsy , come in contact , contemn ,
dactylion , deride , digit , disapprove of , dismiss , feel , feel of ,
finger , flick , flip through , flout , forefinger , ham-fisted , handle ,
hitch , hitch a ride , hitch rides , hitchhike , index , index finger ,
jeer at , little finger , maladroit , manipulate , medius ,
middle finger , minimus , mock , okay , palm , palpate , paw , pinkie ,
ply , poke at , pollex , prod , rebuff , reject , ring finger , scoff at ,
scorn , tap , thumb through , touch , turn down , twiddle , welcome ,
wield

Jargon thumb n. The slider on a window-system scrollbar. So called because
moving it allows you to browse through the contents of a text window in
a way analogous to thumbing through a book.

FOLDOC thumb

The slider or "bubble" on a window system
scrollbar. So called because moving it allows you to browse
through the contents of a text window in a way analogous to
thumbing through a book.

[Jargon File]

(1995-03-14)

FOLDOC Thumb

An extension to the Advanced RISC Machine
architecture, announced on 06 March 1995 by {Advanced RISC
Machines} Ltd. By identifying the critical subset of the ARM
instruction set and encoding it into 16 bits, ARM has
succeeded in reducing typical program size by 30-40% from
ARM's already excellent code density. Since this Thumb
instruction set uses less memory for program storage, cost is
further reduced.

All Thumb-aware processor cores combine the capability to
execute both the 32-bit ARM and the 16-bit Thumb instruction
sets. Careful design of the Thumb instructions allow them to
be decompressed into full ARM instructions transparently
during normal instruction decoding without any performance
penalty. This differs from other 32-bit processors, like the
Intel 486SX, with a 16-bit data bus, which require two
16-bit memory accesses to execute every 32-bit instruction and
so halve performance.

The patented Thumb decompressor has been carefully designed
with only a small amount of circuitry additional to the
existing instruction decoder, so chip size and thus cost do
not significantly increase. Designers can easily interleave
fast ARM instructions (for performance critical parts of a
program) with compact Thumb code to save memory.

(1995-03-14)