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thumb (EN)
Nafnorð, sögn

Nafnorð “thumb”

eintala thumb, fleirtala thumbs
  1. þumall
    She used her thumb to press the button on the remote control.
  2. rennihnappur
    Drag the thumb on the volume slider to the right to increase the sound.
  3. smámynd
    I scrolled through the video thumbs to find the tutorial I needed.

sögn “thumb”

nafnháttur thumb; hann thumbs; þátíð thumbed; lh. þt. thumbed; nhm. thumbing
  1. þumla
    She thumbed through the pages of the book, looking for the chapter she wanted to read.
  2. þumla (gera óhreint eða slitið með því að snerta eða meðhöndla mikið með þumli eða fingrum)
    After reading her favorite book every night for a year, she had thumbed the pages until they were soft and worn.
  3. fara stopp (að ferðast með því að fá ókeypis far með því að stíga út þumalinn)
    After running out of gas in the middle of nowhere, we decided to thumb a ride to the nearest town.
  4. fletta hratt í gegnum (bók) með þumlinum
    She thumbed through the magazine quickly, looking for the article she wanted to read.