thumb
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thumb |
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OK, accept, all thumbs, annulary, approve of, awkward,
be contemptuous of, catch a ride, clumsy, come in contact, contemn, dactylion, deride, digit, disapprove of, dismiss, feel, feel of, finger, flick, flip through, flout, forefinger, ham-fisted, handle, hitch, hitch a ride, hitch rides,
hitchhike, index, index finger, jeer at, little finger, maladroit, manipulate, medius, middle finger, minimus, mock, okay, palm, palpate, paw, pinkie, ply, poke at, pollex, prod,
rebuff, reject, ring finger,
scoff at, scorn, tap, thumb through, touch, turn down, twiddle, welcome, wield
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rule of thumb |
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R and D, control, control
experiment, controlled experiment, cut and try, empiricism,
experiment, experimental design, experimental method,
experimental proof, experimentalism, experimentation,
hit and miss, noble experiment, pragmatism, research and development, tentative method, tentativeness, testing, trial, trial
and error, trying
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thumb through |
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browse, dip into, examine
cursorily, flip, give the once-over, glance at, glance over, glance through, page through,
pass over lightly, run over, run
through, scan, skim, skim over,
skip over, slip through, slur,
slur over, thumb over, touch
upon, touch upon lightly, zip through
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Main entries similar to: thumb
digit, feel, finger, flick, handle, hitch, index, manipulate, palm, paw, ply, poke, prod, tap, touch, twiddle,
wield
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