thumbprint

[ thuhm-print ]
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noun
  1. a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.

Origin of thumbprint

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; thumb + print

Words Nearby thumbprint

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How to use thumbprint in a sentence

  • For instance, a valid ID and a captured thumbprint are required to carry out a transaction on an ecoATM.

  • Kindly include your full name, as well as your daughter's, and place your thumbprint on the opposite side of the disk.

    Null-ABC | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • He ran a red-tinted, celluloid rectangle through a stamping machine and Hunter pressed his thumbprint upon the signature square.

    The Cartels Jungle | Irving E. Cox, Jr.
  • I never could read His handwriting except His criminal thumbprint on the haddock.

    Ulysses | James Joyce
  • The thumbprint which we puzzled our heads over was a toe-print!

    Whispering Wires | Henry Leverage
  • Let her have it; be sure to get her thumbprint, though, and send it up here for comparison.

    Null-ABC | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

British Dictionary definitions for thumbprint

thumbprint

/ (ˈθʌmˌprɪnt) /


noun
  1. an impression of the upper part of the thumb, used esp for identification purposes: See fingerprint

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