b : to soil or wear by or as if by repeated thumbing a badly thumbed book see also thumb one's nose

Define thumbing. thumbing synonyms, thumbing pronunciation, thumbing translation, English dictionary definition of thumbing. n. 1. a. The short thick digit of the human hand, next to the index finger and …

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Information retrieval by means of the computer's search engine takes much less time than thumbing through the pages of an alphabetic dictionary.

If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift. It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description …

A text may become illegible through damp or constant thumbing; portions of it may be torn away; if it is in book form, leaves or whole quires may be detached and either lost or misplaced.

Thumbing refers to the action of using one's thumb, often to navigate through something such as a book, catalog, or on a smartphone. It can also imply a casual or haphazard movement using the thumb.

Thumbing may refer to: The act of typing on a small keyboard (known as a thumb keyboard) solely (or primarily) using the thumbs. It is primarily used with mobile phones for SMS text messaging, and also …

/θəm/ IPA guide Other forms: thumbs; thumbed; thumbing Your thumb is the fifth digit on your hand, the one that doesn't quite match your fingers. Thumbs help us grip objects with care and precision — it …