thumbed

An archaic adjective meaning 'having a thumb' or 'marked by the thumb,' now rarely used except in compound forms like 'well-thumbed' or 'green-thumbed'.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo que significa 'que tiene pulgar' o 'marcado o manejado con el pulgar', raramente usado hoy salvo en formas compuestas como 'well-thumbed' (muy hojeado) o 'green-thumbed' (hábil para jardinería).

1. Worn or soiled by handling B2 formal

   Describes pages or books that have become worn, dirty, or marked from being frequently handled or turned by thumbs and fingers.

   • The library book was well-thumbed and had many dog-eared pages.
   • He pulled out a thumbed copy of the old novel from the shelf.
   • The pages of the dictionary were thumbed and stained from years of use.

   🇪🇸Ajado por el uso

   Sinónimos: dog-earedfingeredgrubbymarkedsoiledworn

• more thumbed comparative form
• most thumbed superlative form

A verb meaning to press, touch, or manipulate something with the thumb, or to signal by sticking out the thumb.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que significa presionar, tocar o manipular algo con el pulgar, o hacer señas con el pulgar levantado, como al hacer autostop. También puede referirse a pasar rápidamente las páginas de un libro o los contenidos de una pantalla.

1. Press with thumb B1 informal

   To press, touch, or manipulate something using the thumb.

   • He thumbed the button to start the machine.
   • She thumbed through the pages of the magazine.
   • He thumbed the remote control to change the channel.

   🇪🇸presionar con el pulgar

   Sinónimos: manipulatepresspushtouch

2. Hitchhike B2 informal

   To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles, typically by signaling with the thumb.

   • They thumbed a ride to the coast.
   • He thumbed his way across the country.
   • She thumbed a lift from a friendly truck driver.

   🇪🇸Hacer autostop

   Sinónimos: hitchhitchhike

3. Signal disapproval B2 informal

   To express disapproval or rejection by pointing the thumb downward.

   • The audience thumbed down the performance.
   • The committee thumbed the proposal.
   • Critics thumbed the movie as a failure.

   🇪🇸Expresar desaprobación señalando con el pulgar hacia abajo

   Sinónimos: turn thumbs down

   Antónimos: approveendorse

• thumbed past participle
• thumbed past simple
• thumbing present participle
• thumbs third person singular