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• n  the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
• n  the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
• n  a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
• v  travel by getting free rides from motorists
• v  look through a book or other written material
  He thumbed through the report
• v  feel or handle with the fingers

• The thumbs-up gesture worked just the other way.
• Any plans for when those thumbs might return to TV? And what do you think of the new At the Movies program, hosted by Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz?.
• You can even tweak your station by giving songs a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.

• pollex
• ovolo
• quarter round
• hitchhike
• hitch
• flick
• flip
• riffle
• leaf
• riff
• finger

News & Articles

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• Thumb Drive Security: Snowden 1, NSA 0
  Pity the poor USB thumb drive. The humble storage device is again under fire after reports surfaced that National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden , 29, used a removable USB storage device to exfiltrate top-secret information from the agency, reported the Los Angeles Times . NSA investigators now "know how many documents he downloaded and what server he took them from," a ...
  June 17, 2013 - Network Computing
• Thumb down: Letter from governor seems too much like public relations ploy
  Thumb down for governor's public relations ploy.
  June 15, 2013 - Indian River Press Journal
• Thumb up: Quick action by Port St. Lucie police officer prevented potential tragedy
  Thumb up for quick action by Port St. Lucie police officer.
  June 15, 2013 - Indian River Press Journal

Quotes

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• James Dobson in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  The Rev. James Dobson, head of the conservative Focus on Family, denounced McCain as a man who has "gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes" of party conservatives, and called McCain a man of "legendary temper (who) often uses foul...
• Rick Perry in PolitiFact
  Oh, I think there's a lot of different scenarios,Perry replied. "We've got a great union. There is absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what may...
• Geoffrey Fieger in USA Today
  He's on a short leash for the next two years,Fieger said Friday. "After that, it will be another story. After two years, he no longer is going to be under their thumb."