thumber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thumber
Example Sentences
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“I’ve become a little bit of a thumber. You know, throwing a lot of off speed. And surprisingly, there are times where my heater plays up,” Morton said.
From Seattle Times
Along came the forehand, the hammer, the scoober, and more exotic passes with names like the thumber, overhand, duck and blade — all deployed, as in football, with the aim of helping a team reach the end zone.
From Washington Post
Along came the forehand, the hammer, the scoober, and more exotic passes with names like the thumber, overhand, duck and blade - all deployed, as in football, with the aim of helping a team reach the end zone.
From Washington Times
But the single most frequent behavior — displayed by two-fifths of the riders the magazine observed — is a thoroughly recent invention: The Awkward Cellphone Thumber.
From New York Times
Why? or learn the Thumber rule.
From Newsweek
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