Main Entry:

²thumb

Function:

verb

Date:

circa 1647

transitive verb

1 a: to leaf through (pages) with the thumb : turn b: to soil or wear by or as if by repeated thumbing <a badly thumbed book>2: to request or obtain (a ride) in a passing automobile by signaling with the thumbintransitive verb1: to turn over pages <thumb through a book>2: to travel by thumbing rides : hitchhike <thumbed across the country>

— thumb one's nose

1: to place the thumb at one's nose and extend the fingers as a gesture of scorn or defiance2: to express disdain or defiance <thumb their nose at opulence — Sales Management>