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Thumbs up
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun
1.
the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
2.
the corresponding digit in other animals; pollex.
3.
the part of a glove or mitten for containing this digit.
4.
Architecture. an ovolo or echinus molding.
verb (used with object)
Idioms5.
to soil or wear with the thumbs in handling, as the pages of a book.
6.
to glance through (the pages of a book, leaflet, etc.) quickly.
7.
to play (a guitar or other instrument) with or as with the thumbs.
8.
(of a hitchhiker) to solicit or get (a ride) by pointing the thumb in the desired direction of travel.
9.
all thumbs, awkward; clumsy; bungling: The visitor almost knocked over a vase and seemed to be all thumbs.
10.
thumb one's nose,
a.
to put one's thumb to one's nose and extend the fingers as a crudely defiant or contemptuous gesture.
b.
to express defiance or contempt; dismiss or reject contemptuously.
11.
thumbs down, a gesture or expression of dissent or disapproval: We turned thumbs down to that suggestion.
12.
thumbs up, a gesture or expression of assent or approval.
13.
under one's thumb, under the power or influence of; subordinate to. Also, under the thumb of.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English thūma; cognate with Dutch duim, Old Saxon, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Old Norse thumall; akin to Latin tumēre to swell (tumor)
before 900; Middle English; Old English thūma; cognate with Dutch duim, Old Saxon, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Old Norse thumall; akin to Latin tumēre to swell (tumor)
Related forms
thumb·less, adjective
thumb·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
thumb
O.E. þuma, from W.Gmc. *thumon- (cf. O.Fris. thuma, O.S., O.H.G. thumo, Ger. Daumen, Du. duim "thumb," O.N. þumall "thumb of a glove"), lit. "the stout or thick (finger)," from PIE *tum- "swell" (cf. L. tumere "to swell," tumidus "swollen;" Avestan tuma "fat;" see
EXPAND thigh). For spelling with -b (attested from c.1290), see limb. The verb meaning "to go through" (especially of printed material) is first found 1930, though the related sense of "soil or wear by handling" dates from 1644. Verb meaning "to hitchhike" is 1939, originally the thumb pointed in the direction one wished to travel. Thumbnail sketch (1852) so called for its smallness. To be under (someone's) thumb "be totally controlled by that person" is recorded from 1586. Thumbs up (1887) and thumbs down (1906) were said to be from expressions of approval or the opposite in ancient amphitheaters, especially gladiator shows, where the gesture decided whether a defeated combatant was spared or slain. But the Roman gesture was merely one of hiding the thumb in the hand or extending it. Perhaps the modern gesture is from the usual coachmen's way of greeting while the hands are occupied with the reins.
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Medical Dictionary
thumb (thŭm)
n.
The short thick digit of the human hand, next to the index finger and opposable to each of the other four digits.
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Cultural Dictionary
thumbs up (down) Expressions of approval and disapproval respectively: “The two critics disagreed about the movie; one gave it thumbs up, the other thumbs down.” In the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome, a thumbs-up gesture from the crowd meant that the loser would live; thumbs down meant death.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
thumbs up
An expression of approval or hopefulness, as in The town said thumbs up on building the elderly housing project. The antonym thumbs down indicates disapproval or rejection, as in Mother gave us thumbs down on serving beer at our party. Alluding to crowd signals used in Roman amphitheaters, these idioms were first recorded in English about 1600. In ancient times the meaning of the gestures was opposite that of today. Thumbs down indicated approval; thumbs up, rejection. Exactly when the reversal occurred is not known, but the present conventions were established by the early 1900s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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