thumbing
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editthumbing
- present participle and gerund of thumb
Noun
editthumbing (plural thumbings)
- 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.