Thumb | Mean of thumb in English Dictionary

/ˈθʌm/

• Noun
• the short, thick finger on the side of your hand
1. a little girl sucking her thumb
2. I accidentally cut my thumb.
• the part of a glove or mitten that covers a thumb
1. My mitten has a hole in the thumb.
• extremely awkward or clumsy
1. I'm all thumbs when it comes to wrapping packages.

• under someone's control or influence
1. He kept the employees under his thumb.
• Verb
• to ask for or get a ride in a passing vehicle by sticking out your arm with your thumb up as you stand on the side of the road
1. I thumbed a ride/lift to school.
2. He thumbed his way to New York.
3. He thumbed across the country.
• to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) quickly
1. I thumbed through a magazine while I waited.
• to show very clearly that you do not like or care about (something)
1. She thumbed her nose at my suggestions.
2. They thumb their nose at the rules. [=they ignore the rules]