Thumb

Quick meaning: Thumb is a noun meaning (graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

Meaning

(graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

More Meanings

1. (colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
2. (transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.
3. (transitive, with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
4. To gesture with the thumb, for example when flagging a ride.
5. (travel) To hitchhike.
6. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
7. A top hatch plate for covering an excavator bucket, used to keep material in the digger bucket after scooping it up, and not letting it spill out.

Example Sentences

thumb through

a scroll-bar thumb

to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon

So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.

Word Forms

• thumbs
• thum
• thume
• thumbe
• thumbing
• thumbed

Synonyms for thumb

Depending on context, synonyms include pollex, thumby, browse, leaf, page, peruse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include finger, pollex, leaf, flick, riffle, flip.

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