# thumbs

Pronunciation: say "THUMZ" /θʌmz/

## Noun

1. Plural of thumb. — plural of thumb
   - Simple: Plural of thumb. Use this form when you mean more than one thumb.
   - _The climber's thumbs ached after hours of gripping the rock face._
   - _She wrapped both thumbs in tape before the boxing match._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of thumb. — third-person singular simple present indicative of thumb
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of thumb. Use it with he, she, or it for something done now.
   - _The librarian thumbs through the catalog looking for the missing title._
   - _Every morning he thumbs the worn pages of his old journal._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/thumbs (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).