THUMB

Meaning of THUMB in English

By rule of thumb: to do any thing by dint of practice. To kiss one's thumb instead of the book; a vulgar expedient to avoid perjury in taking a false oath.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

THUMB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUMB — (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; …
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — ( v. t. ) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — — thumbless , adj. — thumblike , adj. /thum/ , n. 1. the short, thick, inner digit of the human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — I. ˈthəm noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thūma; akin to Old High German thūmo thumb, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUMB — vt to handle awkwardly. 2. thumb ·vt to play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to …
Webster English vocab
THUMB — [thumb] n [ME thoume, thoumbe, fr. OE thuma; akin to OHG thumo thumb, L tumere to swell] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THUMB — / θʌm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the short thick finger at the side of the hand, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB — I. thumb 1 /θʌm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thuma ] 1 . the part …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THUMB
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THUMB
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THUMB
Oxford English vocab
THUMB — ( thumbs, thumbing, thumbed) 1. Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES jerking...thumb ▪ ‘Is that the only way out of here?’ he asked, jerking a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THUMB — [verb] [I or T] [informal]You thumb by standing near the edge of a road and holding out your hand with …
Cambridge English vocab
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Slang English vocab
THUMB — n. Hop o' my thumb hop o' my thumb thumb through Tom Thumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — I. noun VERB + THUMB ▪ suck ▪ flick , jab , jerk ▪ ‘What'll we do with them?’ he …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THUMB — • ↑ be under sb's/the thumb • ↑ it sticks/stands out like a sore thumb • ↑ stick/stand out like …
Longman Activator English vocab
THUMB — < processor > An extension to the Advanced RISC Machine architecture, announced on 06 March 1995 by Advanced RISC Machines …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Словарь английских идиом
THUMB — 1. сущ. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) Tom Thumb ≈ мальчик с пальчик 2. гл. 1) листать, смотреть (журнал, книгу; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — thumb.ogg 1. θʌm n 1. 1> большой палец (руки) with his thumb and finger - большим и указательным пальцем 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THUMB — 1. θʌm n 1. 1> большой палец (руки) with his thumb and finger - большим и указательным пальцем 2> большой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — 1. сущ. 1) большой палец ( руки ) ; палец ( рукавицы ) •• one's fingers all thumbs — ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THUMB — 1. сущ. 1) большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) •• one's fingers all thumbs — (говорится о неуклюжем человеке) to clap / put / keep …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THUMB — 1. _n. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы); under smb.'s thumb - всецело под влиянием или во власти кого-л.; под башмаком; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
THUMB — 1. n. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы); under smb.'s thumb - всецело под влиянием или во власти кого-л.; под башмаком; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THUMB — 1. _n. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы); under smb.'s thumb всецело под влиянием или во власти кого-л.; под башмаком; Tom …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
THUMB — 1. сущ. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) Tom Thumb ≈ мальчик с пальчик 2. гл. 1) листать, смотреть (журнал, книгу; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — n. pollice; v. trafoliar
English interlingue dictionary
THUMB — kumagko
English-Visayan vocabulary
THUMB — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thūma; akin to Old High German thūmo ~, Latin tumēre …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THUMB — (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — (v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — (v. t.) To handle awkwardly.
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — (n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; …
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — ( v. t. ) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — ( v. t. ) To handle awkwardly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — ( v. i. ) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — ( n. ) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — v. browse, turn pages
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THUMB — n. innermost finger of the hand which moves in the opposite direction of the other fingers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THUMB — n. under the thumb green thumb hop o' my thumb lady's thumb miller's thumb rule of thumb under one's thumb …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THUMB — n. Function: transitive verb Date: circa 1647 1 a : to leaf through (pages) with the thumb : TURN b …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THUMB — n. Pronunciation: ' th ə m Function: noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English th ū ma; akin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THUMB — ■ noun the short, thick first digit of the hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THUMB — also called pollex short, thick first digit of the human hand and of the lower-primate hand and foot. It differs …
Britannica English vocabulary
THUMB — thumb BrE AmE θʌm ▷ thumbed θʌmd ▷ thumbing ˈθʌm ɪŋ ▷ thumbs θʌmz ▶ ˌ thumbs ˈ down BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THUMB — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Your ~ is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THUMB — Synonyms and related words : OK, accept, all thumbs, annulary, approve of, awkward, be contemptuous of, catch a ride, clumsy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB — n. Function: verb Synonyms: HITCHHIKE , hitch Idioms: thumb a ride
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — verb Synonyms: hitchhike , hitch Idioms: thumb a ride
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
THUMB — n. 25B6; noun technical pollex, opposable digit. 25B6; verb he thumbed through his notebook : LEAF, flick, flip, riffle, skim, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB — < jargon > The slider or "bubble" on a window system scrollbar . So called because moving it allows you …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
THUMB — 1. noun большой палец 2. v листать (vt)
Dirty English-Russian vocab
THUMB — n. finger 1) babies often suck their ~s misc. 2) under smb.'s ~ ('dominated by smb.'); to twiddle one's ~s …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
THUMB — The slider on a window-system scrollbar. So called because moving it allows you to browse through the contents of a …
Jargon File English vocabulary
THUMB — Thomas, a white pygmy who enriched himself through his misfortunes and the curiosity of the world.
Who is who English vocabulary
THUMB — Большой палец
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THUMB — листать, смотреть (журнал, книгу; тж. thumb through) захватать, загрязнить coll. тормозить авто. чтобы подвезли большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Slang English vocab

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