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thumb (EN)
существительное, глагол

существительное “thumb”

ед. thumb, мн. thumbs
  1. большой палец
    She used her thumb to press the button on the remote control.
  2. ползунок
    Drag the thumb on the volume slider to the right to increase the sound.
  3. миниатюра (изображения)
    I scrolled through the video thumbs to find the tutorial I needed.

глагол “thumb”

инфинитив thumb; он thumbs; пр. вр. thumbed; пр. прич. thumbed; гер. thumbing
  1. листать (прикосновением большого пальца)
    She thumbed through the pages of the book, looking for the chapter she wanted to read.
  2. износить (прикосновениями большого пальца или пальцев)
    After reading her favorite book every night for a year, she had thumbed the pages until they were soft and worn.
  3. автостоп (делать знак большим пальцем)
    After running out of gas in the middle of nowhere, we decided to thumb a ride to the nearest town.
  4. пролистывать
    She thumbed through the magazine quickly, looking for the article she wanted to read.