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ALL meanings of all thumbs

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  • noun all thumbs clumsy 3
  • noun all thumbs clumsy; fumbling 3
  • noun all thumbs Architecture. an ovolo or echinus molding. 1
  • verb with object all thumbs to soil or wear with the thumbs in handling, as the pages of a book. 1
  • verb with object all thumbs to glance through (the pages of a book, leaflet, etc.) quickly. 1
  • verb with object all thumbs to play (a guitar or other instrument) with or as with the thumbs. 1
  • verb with object all thumbs (of a hitchhiker) to solicit or get (a ride) by pointing the thumb in the desired direction of travel. 1
  • idioms all thumbs all thumbs, awkward; clumsy; bungling: The visitor almost knocked over a vase and seemed to be all thumbs. 1
  • idioms all thumbs thumb one's nose, to put one's thumb to one's nose and extend the fingers as a crudely defiant or contemptuous gesture. to express defiance or contempt; dismiss or reject contemptuously. 1
  • idioms all thumbs thumbs down, a gesture or expression of dissent or disapproval: We turned thumbs down to that suggestion. 1
  • idioms all thumbs thumbs up, a gesture or expression of assent or approval. 1
  • idioms all thumbs under one's thumb, under the power or influence of; subordinate to. Also, under the thumb of. 1
  • adjective all thumbs not dexterous, clumsy 1
  • noun all thumbs the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger. 1
  • noun all thumbs the corresponding digit in other animals; pollex. 1
  • noun all thumbs the part of a glove or mitten for containing this digit. 1
  • adjective all thumbs (Idiomatic) Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous. 0
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