thumb

the apposition of thumb and forefinger

The thumb is an opposable digit.

There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.

The base of the thumb is where it joins the hand.

hold the index finger down with the thumb extended.

she gave him the thumbs-up sign.

he thumbed towards the men behind him.

Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca went cautiously across the hearthrug.

thumbed through the latest issue of the magazine.

I'm all fingers and thumbs today.

Opposition in an important movement of thumb, for thumb opposes other fingers in many types of prehension.

the baby plugged his thumb into his mouth.

as soon as she thumbed the button, the door slid open.

his dictionaries were thumbed and ink-stained.

A photograph shows one of the crowd thumbing his nose at the speaker.

We’ve got the thumbs up for the new swimming pool.

Are you giving me a thumb's up or a thumb's down? I can't tell.

He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.

Give us a thumbs up if you did.

Give me a thumbs up if you can.

He jerked a thumb at Ron and Hermione.

Squeeze my thumb and finger to make it stop.

Keep the thumbs and forefingers of both hands together.

Put your thumb here and your index finger here.

Robert gave him a thumbs up. “You're insane! ”

When it comes to knitting, I'm all thumbs.