📖 Definitions of "Thumbing"
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.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is thumbed.
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