thumbprint

[ thuhm-print ]

noun

1. a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.

thumbprint

/ ˈθʌmˌprɪnt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thumbprint¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; thumb + print

Example Sentences

The picture, which looks like a kind of “cosmic thumbprint,” came from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest flagship observatory.

From Singularity Hub 

Neither of them, not even everyone’s favorite almost-star Greer, makes the barest bloody thumbprint of an impression.

From Time

They made us sign and place our right thumbprint on that document.

From Washington Blade

When I left the Postal Service, I came to Congress and have had responsibility for eight years of the operations of the Postal Service and had my thumbprint on what’s going on.

From Washington Post

Bake for 5 minutes, then remove from the oven and create a thumbprint in each cookie.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

He ran a red-tinted, celluloid rectangle through a stamping machine and Hunter pressed his thumbprint upon the signature square.

From Project Gutenberg

I never could read His handwriting except His criminal thumbprint on the haddock.

From Project Gutenberg

The thumbprint which we puzzled our heads over was a toe-print!

From Project Gutenberg

Let her have it; be sure to get her thumbprint, though, and send it up here for comparison.

From Project Gutenberg

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