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thumb (EN)
nom, verbe

nom “thumb”

s. thumb, pl. thumbs
  1. pouce
    She used her thumb to press the button on the remote control.
  2. curseur (dans un contexte d'interface graphique)
    Drag the thumb on the volume slider to the right to increase the sound.
  3. miniature (dans le contexte d'une image)
    I scrolled through the video thumbs to find the tutorial I needed.

verbe “thumb”

infinitif thumb; il thumbs; prét. thumbed; part. passé thumbed; gér. thumbing
  1. presser avec le pouce
    She thumbed through the pages of the book, looking for the chapter she wanted to read.
  2. salir ou user par le maniement (avec le pouce ou les doigts)
    After reading her favorite book every night for a year, she had thumbed the pages until they were soft and worn.
  3. faire de l'auto-stop
    After running out of gas in the middle of nowhere, we decided to thumb a ride to the nearest town.
  4. feuilleter
    She thumbed through the magazine quickly, looking for the article she wanted to read.