Thumb

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The shortest and thickest 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.
2. isim The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

   “a scroll-bar thumb”

3. isim A thumbnail picture.
4. isim A top hatch plate for covering an excavator bucket, used to keep material in the digger bucket after scooping it up, and not letting it spill out.
5. fiil To touch or cover with the thumb.

   “to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon”

6. fiil To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.

   “thumb through”

7. fiil To gesture with the thumb, for example when flagging a ride.

   “Oh, look! There’s a car coming! Thumb-no, wave. They probably don’t understand thumbing.”

8. fiil To hitchhike.

   “So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.”

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

   “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.”

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

    “Fargo palmed out his own revolver, thumbing back the hammer as the barrel came up.”

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

    “To thumb a single-action revolver, hold down the trigger and use the thumb on the same hand to fire the gun by manipulating the hammer.”

12. özel isim The eastern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States (the "Mitten").

    “Turnip Rock is located in a portion of eastern Michigan dubbed the Thumb, where 140 miles of coastline and waterfront towns offer a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, walking and kayaking.”