Thumb vs Thump - What's the difference?
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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.
(computing) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
(colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
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To touch or cover with the thumb.
To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
(travel) To hitchhike
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
* Macaulay
a blow that produces a muffled sound
* Tatler
the sound of such a blow; a thud
To hit (someone or something) as if to make a .
* (William Shakespeare)
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To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
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Thump is a alternative form of thumb.
In transitive terms the difference between thumb and thump
is that thumb is to touch or cover with the thumb while thump is to hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.thumb
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (digit) pollex, digit I, first digit (anatomy) ; thumby (colloquial)Hypernyms
* (digit) digit, fingerHyponyms
* (digit) opposable thumbDerived terms
(terms derived from the noun) * all fingers and thumbs * all thumbs * brown thumb * green thumb * opposable thumb * rule of thumb * stick out like a sore thumb * thumb a lift * thumb a ride * thumbboard * thumbnail * thumbpad * thumbprint * thumb-sketch or thumb sketch * thumbstick * thumb wrestle * thumbs up * under one's thumb * under the thumbVerb
(en verb)- to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon
- I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
- So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.
- 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.
Synonyms
* (to turn pages) browse, leaf, page, peruseDerived terms
(terms derived from the verb) * thumb one's nose * thumb a lift * thumb a ride * well-thumbedthump
English
Noun
(en noun)- The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
Verb
(en verb)- These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd .
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