| Definitions | thumb
noun
- The short thick digit of the human hand that has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- (computing) The part of a slider that may be moved up and down or along the slider.
Translations: - French: pouce(fr)m
- German: Daumen :de:Daumen, (de)
- Spanish: pulgar(es)m
verb
- (transitive) To touch with the .
- (transitive) 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.
Etymology: (term, íuma, íÅma, lang=ang), from (Ger.), from tÅmon- "thick finger", from "swell" (compare Latin (term, tumere, lang=la)). Cognate with Dutch (term, duim, lang=nl), German (term, Daumen, lang=de).
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