Collocations for thumb - noun
VERB + THUMB
suck | flick, jab, jerk
‘What''ll we do with them?’ he asked, jerking his thumb at the suitca
‘What''ll we do with them?’ he asked, jerking his thumb at the suitca
raise, stick out
He smiled and raised a thumb in greeting. | I stuck out a thumb and a car stopped immediately.
He smiled and raised a thumb in greeting. | I stuck out a thumb and a car stopped immediately.
twiddle
(often figurative) I sat there twiddling my thumbs until the manager finally appeared.
(often figurative) I sat there twiddling my thumbs until the manager finally appeared.
THUMB + NOUN
nail (also ‘thumbnail’)
PHRASES
between finger and thumb/between thumb and forefinger
I picked up the beetlecarefully between finger andthumb.
I picked up the beetlecarefully between finger andthumb.
thumbs up
He made athumbs-up sign through thewindow to tell us everything wasfine.
He made athumbs-up sign through thewindow to tell us everything wasfine.