Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, idiomatic)A natural skill for tinkering with electronics or computers.

    Oh, I'll never have an e-thumb, no matter how long I stay at it. Nothing ever seems to work for me. Every program I launch crashes.

  2. (US)A person with this skill.

    I should ask the e-thumb next door what he recommends for my BSOD.

Origin

Blend of e- + green thumb. By surface analysis, e- + thumb.

Blend of e- + green thumb. By surface analysis, e- + thumb.

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Forms

plural: e-thumbs
Singulare-thumb
Plurale-thumbs

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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