The Meaning of thumb

• (n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
• (v. t.) To handle awkwardly.
• (v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
• (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
• (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

Synonyms

ovolo , quarter round , pollex , jerk , hitch , hitchhike , leaf , flip , buck , limp , flick , riff , finger , catch , gimp , riffle , hobble , pitch , throw , twitch , click , toss , flip over , switch , turn over , tack , alternate , ripple , interchange , snap , flip-flop , flip out , flicker , ruffle , cockle , sky , undulate , feel , ride

Homophones

thum , thumm

Rhymes

alum , ancrum , baucum , become , bluhm , boyum , brum , brumm , bum , chum , clum , come , crum , crumb , crumm , cum , drum , dum , dumb , dumm , exum , from , frum , glum , gmbh , grum , gum , gumm , hum , humdrum , income , klumb , krum , krumm , krumme , kumm , lum , lumb , lumm , maam , mccrum , mccrumb , mum , mumm , numb , outcome , overcome , pflum , plum , plumb , rhumb , rum , schrum , schum , schumm , scrim , scrum , scum , slum , some , strum , stum , stumm , succumb , sum , swum , them , thrum , thum , thumm , um