Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thumb through

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
thum-b through
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

thumbs through (present, singular) thumbing through (participle, present) thumbed through (participle, past) thumbed through (past)

Questions

What does thumb through mean?
To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.

How to pronounce thumb through

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