thumbed
verb
- 1
To touch or cover with the thumb.
“to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon”
- 2
(with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
“I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.”
- 3
(travel) To hitchhike
“So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.”
- 4
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
- 5
To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
- 6
To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.
adjective
- 1
(in combination) Having some specific type of thumb.
“He was sore-thumbed after playing video games all day.”
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