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Thumb

The short thick digit of the human hand, next to the index finger and opposable to each of the other four digits.

Inch

A unit of length in the US Customary and British Imperial systems, equal to 1/12 of a foot (2.54 centimeters). See Table at measurement.

Thumb

A corresponding digit in other animals, especially primates. Also called pollex.

Inch

A fall, as of rain or snow, sufficient to cover a surface to the depth of one inch.

Thumb

The part of a glove or mitten that covers the thumb.

Inch

A unit of atmospheric pressure that is equal to the pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at the earth's surface at a temperature of 0°C.
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Thumb

(Architecture) An ovolo.

Inch

A very small degree or amount
Won't budge an inch.

Thumb

To scan (written matter) by turning over pages with or as if with the thumb.

Inch

A small island.

Thumb

To disarrange, soil, or wear by careless or frequent handling.

Inch

To move or cause to move slowly or by small degrees
Inching along through stalled traffic.
Inched the chair forward.
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Thumb

(Informal) To solicit (a ride) from a passing vehicle by signaling with the thumb.

Inch

An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.

Thumb

To scan written matter by turning over pages with or as if with the thumb
Thumbed through the latest issue of the magazine.

Inch

(figuratively) Any very short distance.
Don't move an inch!

Thumb

(Informal) To hitchhike.

Inch

Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
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Thumb

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Inch

(meteorology) A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.

Thumb

(GUI) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
A scroll-bar thumb

Inch

A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.

Thumb

A thumbnail picture.

Inch

A small island#Noun; an islet#Noun.

Thumb

(transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.
To thumb the touch-hole of a cannon

Inch

A meadow#Noun, pasture#Noun, field#Noun, or haugh#Noun.

Thumb

To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.

Inch

To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

Thumb

(travel) To hitchhike
So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.

Inch

To drive by inches, or small degrees.

Thumb

To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.

Inch

To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Thumb

To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.

Inch

To humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner

Thumb

To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.

Inch

Cocky and cheeky

Thumb

The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring.

Inch

An island; - often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

Thumb

To handle awkwardly.

Inch

A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime (´), composed of twelve seconds (´´), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.
12 seconds (´´) make 1 inch or prime. 12 inches or primes (´) make 1 foot.

Thumb

To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.

Inch

A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment; also used metaphorically of minor concessins in bargaining; as, he won't give an inch; give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch.

Thumb

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.
He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs.

Inch

To drive by inches, or small degrees.
He gets too far into the soldier's graceAnd inches out my master.

Thumb

To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

Inch

To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Thumb

The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

Inch

To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly; as, to inch forward.
With slow paces measures back the field,And inches to the walls.

Thumb

The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

Inch

Measuring an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; - used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.

Thumb

A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse

Inch

A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

Thumb

Travel by getting free rides from motorists

Inch

A unit of measurement for advertising space

Thumb

Look through a book or other written material;
He thumbed through the report
She leafed through the volume

Inch

Advance slowly, as if by inches;
He edged towards the car

Thumb

Feel or handle with the fingers;
Finger the binding of the book

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