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thumbs

US: /ˈθəmz/
UK: /θˈʌmz/

English Vietnamese dictionary

thumb /θʌm/

danh từ
- ngón tay cái
- ngón tay cái của găng tay
- to be under someone's thumb
  - bị ai thống trị, bị ai kiềm chế; ở dưới quyền ai
- to bite one's thumb at somebody
  - lêu lêu chế nhạo ai
- his fingers are all thumbs
  - nó vụng về hậu đậu
- thumbs down
  - dấu ra hiệu từ chối (không tán thành)
- thumbs up
  - dấu ra hiệu đồng ý (tán thành)

ngoại động từ
- dở qua (trang sách)
  - to thumb the pages of a book: dở qua trang sách
- vận dụng vụng về, điều khiển vụng về
  - to thumb the piano: đánh pianô vụng về
- to thumb one's nose at someone
  - (thông tục) để ngón tay cái lên mũi để chế nhạo ai, lêu lêu ai; nhạo ai, miệt thị ai

Thesaurus dictionary

1 Technical pollex.

2 all thumbs. awkward, clumsy, maladroit, Colloq butter-fingered, ham-fisted, cack-handed:

I am all thumbs when it comes to threading needles.

3 give (something) the thumbs down or turn thumbs down (on). disapprove (of), reject, rebuff, turn down:

We turned thumbs down to the idea of a picnic.

4 turn or give thumbs up (to). approve (of), accept, welcome, Colloq OK or okay:

The boss gave thumbs up to our request for a Christmas party.

5 under (one's) thumb. under (one's) control, wrapped (a)round (one's) little finger, in the palm of (one's) hand, eating out of (one's hand), at (one's) beck and call:

She has the directors under her thumb.

6 hitchhike, Colloq hitch, US hook a ride:

They thumbed their way across the country.

7 Often, thumb through. leaf (through), flick or flip (through), riffle (through), skim (through), browse (through):

I was thumbing through City Life and came across your picture, Bernard!

8 thumb (one's) nose at. scoff at, deride, jeer at, mock, dismiss, scorn, flout, be contemptuous of, show contempt for, exhibit defiance for, be defiant of, contemn, Brit cock a snook at:

He has thumbed his nose at authority all his life.

Concise English dictionary

thumbs|thumbed|thumbingθʌm
noun
+the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
+the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
+a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
verb
+travel by getting free rides from motorists
+look through a book or other written material
+feel or handle with the fingers