The short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them.
thumb
noun
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verb
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Press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb.
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Origin
Old English thūma, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch duim and German Daumen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tumere ‘to swell’. The verb dates from the late 16th century, first in the sense ‘play (a musical instrument) with the thumbs’.