thumb
🇺🇸
/θʌm/
🇬🇧
/θʌm/
noun
B2
the short, thick finger on the side of your hand
He hurt his thumb while hammering a nail.
B2
the part of a glove that covers your thumb
The thumb of his glove was torn.
verb
R
to ask for a ride by holding out your thumb
She thumbed a ride to the city with her thumb.
R
to press or move something with your thumb
He thumbed the button with his thumb to start the machine.
translation
the short, thick finger on the side of your hand; the part of a glove that covers your thumb
to ask for a ride by holding out your thumb; to press or move something with your thumb
Word Forms
3rd Present
thumbs
Past
thumbed
Perfect
thumbed
Progressive
thumbing
Plural
thumbs