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Thumb Part Side Lift Thumbed Thumbing Noun Short

word thumb
definition
noun
Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers .
She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
verb
If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth.
Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
inflections thumbsthumbingthumbed
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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