thumbing

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

thumbing

  1. present participle of thumb

Noun

thumbing (plural thumbings)

  1. The act by which something is thumbed.
    • 1842, Isaac Disraeli, Amenities of Literature
      The precious autographs could not have endured through many a season the thumbings of "the book-holder" or the prompter.
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