(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Your ~ is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
She bit the tip of her left ~, not looking at me.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a lift or ~ a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your ~ until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory’s description ~ed a ride to Howth...
Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
= hitch
VERB: V n to n, V n
3.
see also well-~ed
4.
If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore ~ or stands out like a sore ~, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
Does the new housing stick out like a sore ~ or blend into its surroundings?...
PHRASE: V and N inflect emphasis
5.
If you say that someone is twiddling their ~s, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his ~s was appalling...
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If you are under someone’s ~, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father’s ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
7.
green ~: see green
to ~ your nose at someone : see nose
rule of ~: see rule