thumber

[thuhm-er]

noun

Informal.

1. a hitchhiker.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thumber¹

First recorded in 1930–35; thumb + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why? or learn the Thumber rule.

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