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thumbs

  • plural
    of thumb.
    thumb
    noun
    the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • present tense form
    of thumb (3rd person singular).
    thumb
    noun
    the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.

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As he walked in to court, he refused to answer questions but gave a thumbs up and said: "Wish me luck guys. See you soon, hopefully."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

How have they built entire cities and extensive infrastructure with no thumbs?

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

Jones was in the arena conducting an interview with the Netflix broadcast team when he received the challenge and gave a thumbs up amid the crowd’s cheers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

And while such daily interactions are reduced to thumbs slipping over greasy rectangles of glass, pinball is irreducibly concrete: physics and mechanics turned into dazzling entertainment, a silvery dance with gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

After a few more minutes with our thumbs out, somebody else came along and took us all the way to War.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam