thumb through
thumb through · thumbs through · thumbed through · thumbing through
To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc.,…To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
» Tom thumbed through an old magazine.
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1 sensesTo use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
Examples
2 sentencesTom thumbed through an old magazine.
They had time to thumb through some comics before the store closed.
Forms
thumbs through, thumbing through, thumbed through, thumbed through| Base form | thumb through · to thumb through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | thumbs through |
| Present participle | thumbing through |
| Past simple | thumbed through |
| Past participle | thumbed through |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.