thumbing
Leafing pages quickly
Thumbing is using the thumb to manipulate something—flipping through pages, pressing buttons, or hitching a ride.
To thumb through a book or magazine is to browse quickly: She sat thumbing through old photographs.
Thumbing a ride means sticking out your thumb to request a lift from passing drivers: He spent the summer thumbing across Europe.
Casually turning pages
- flippingTurning over rapidly
- turningAct of rotating
- browsingCasual examination of options
- skimmingPassing lightly over
perusing · dog-earing · bookmarks · pages · worn · paperback · magazine · chapters
Adjacent to pavement
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- highwayMajor road for travel
- interstateBetween political regions
- rideJourney atop something
traveler · backpacker · journey · adventure · nomad · wanderlust · destination · rucksack
leafing
Casually turning pages
skimming · perusing · dog-earing · bookmarks · pages · worn · paperback · magazine · chapters · reading
roadside
Adjacent to pavement
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- highwayMajor road for travel
- interstateBetween political regions
ride · traveler · backpacker · journey · adventure · nomad · wanderlust · destination · rucksack · drifter
nose
Olfactory facial organ
defiance · snub · derision · disrespect · scorn · contempt · rudeness · insult · teasing · childish
- bass techniqueswalking bass, slap bass, pizzicato, arco, fingerstyle
- fishing reelsspinning reel, baitcasting reel, baitcaster, fly reel, casting reel
- containingcontaining, enclosing, encasing, wrapping, enveloping
- seeking helpcry for help, help wanted, asking, requesting, SOS
- street bookstallpaperbacks, novels, magazines, newspapers, secondhand books
thumbingstudying
Deliberate learning effort
poring over · scrutinizing · close reading · perusing · analyzing
thumbingdriving
Controlling a vehicle
chauffeured · chartering · flying · cycling · walking
- nose thumbingGesture of disrespect
- thumbing downGesture of rejection
thumb, thumbs up, thumbs, thumbs down, thumbnail, thumbed, thumbprint, thumbscrew, thumbscrews