thumbed
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Definitions
verb
- To touch or cover with the thumb.“to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon”
- (with through) 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.”
- (travel) To hitchhike“So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.”
- To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
adjective
- (in combination) Having some specific type of thumb.“He was sore-thumbed after playing video games all day.”
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