thumb
thumb is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To handle awkwardly. Johnson.
- 2.To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
- 3.To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon. He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs. Macaulay.
- 4.To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adventure
- aim
- antenna
- attempt
- best
- bold
- chance
- coup
- debut
- empirical
- endeavor
- essay
- exertion
- experiment
- experimental
- experimentally
- feel
- feeler
- feeling
- finger
- forefinger
- fortune
- fumble
- grabble
- grope
- hand
- handle
- hard
- lambent
- luck
- make
- manipulate
- manipulation
- massage
- may
- non
- one
- out
- over
- palpability
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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