thumbing

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Verb

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thumbing

  1. present participle and gerund of thumb

Noun

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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.