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22 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• thumb n. The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved…
• thumb n. (Graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
• thumb n. (Colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
• thumb v. (Transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.
• thumb v. (Transitive, with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
• thumb v. (Travel) To hitchhike.
• thumb v. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
• thumb v. To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
• thumb v. To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Albanian
  • thumb n. Stinger (of a bee).
  • thumb n. Thorn, prick.
  • thumb n. Bell clapper, tongue (of bell).
  • thumb n. Tack, thumbtack, shoe tack (spike).
  • thumb n. Point of arrowhead, spiked tip of a goad or prod.
• Middle english
  • thumb n. Alternative form of þombe (“thumb”).

— English word, defined in German —

• thumb S. Daumen.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• thumb n. (Anatomie) duim.

— English words, defined in French —

• thumb n. (Anatomie) Pouce.
• thumb n. (Internet) Vignette, image de taille réduite.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• thumb s. Dedo polegar.
• thumb v. Folhear.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• thumb s. (Anatomia) pollice.

92 English words from 15 English definitions

action along Alternative and arrowhead back bee bell book can clapper Colloquial cover cursorily cylinder depressed digit especially fingers fire for form frequent goad Graphical hammer hand handling has hitchhike humans in␣order in␣order␣to interface Internet keeping linearly made manipulate may may␣be mobility most moved object of␣a open oppose order out pages part picture Point prick prod pull pull␣back pulling quickly read revolver shoe short single slider soil spike spiked Stinger tack that the thick Thorn through thumb thumbnail thumbtack tip tongue touch Transitive Travel trigger turn user user␣interface wear wear␣out while with

6 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Dedo image Internet polegar taille Vignette

10 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Anatomia Anatomie Daumen Dedo␣polegar de␣taille duim Folhear pollice Pouce réduite

127 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

thumbs thumby thumbed thumber thumbers thumbies thumbing thumbkin thumbnut thumbpad thumbpot thumbs-up thumbs␣up thumb's␣up thumbtip thumb␣tip thumb-toe thumb␣war thumbable thumb-a-war thumb␣blue thumb␣down thumbhole thumbikin thumbings thumbkins thumb␣knot thumbless thumblike thumbling thumbmark thumbnail thumbnuts thumboard thumbpads thumbpots thumb-ring thumb␣ring thumbshot thumbs-ups thumbtack thumbtips thumb␣tips thumb-toes thumb␣wars thumb␣a␣lift thumb␣a␣ride thumb-a-wars thumbboard thumb␣drive +77 words

40 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

e-thumbs bethumbs all␣thumbs bethumbed unthumbed bethumbing Northumber tearthumbs Westhumble black␣thumbs brown␣thumbs green␣thumbs Northumbers Northumbria Southumbria two␣thumbs␣up well-thumbed eat␣humble␣pie hop-o'-my-thumbs Northumbrian sore-thumbish Southumbrian Tom␣Thumb␣golf miller's␣thumbs Northumbrians Southumbrians Northumberland opposable␣thumbs twirl␣one's␣thumbs Chinese␣thumb␣cuff Northumberlander Chinese␣thumb␣cuffs Northumberlanders twiddle␣one's␣thumbs Northumberland␣Park twiddled␣one's␣thumbs twiddles␣one's␣thumbs all␣fingers␣and␣thumbs twiddling␣one's␣thumbs Northumberland␣County

22 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

e-thumb bethumb Tom␣Thumb tearthumb black␣thumb brown␣thumb green␣thumb lady's␣thumb hop-o'-my-thumb rule-of-thumb rule␣of␣thumb miller's␣thumb rules-of-thumb rules␣of␣thumb bite␣one's␣thumb fash␣one's␣thumb Nintendo␣thumb ball␣of␣the␣thumb opposable␣thumb under␣one's␣thumb balls␣of␣the␣thumb suck␣out␣of␣one's␣thumb

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hum Hum HUM Thu THU Thum umb UMB umb-

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

muh MUH UHT

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

e-thumb Thembu Thimbu thrumb thumbs thumby

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bhut BMTH Buth Muth Thum tumb

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

rhumb thump Thums

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Thum tumb

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

thrumb

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