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thumb-up

thumb-up is the rare form of thumbs up.

Meaning of thumbs up

Noun

thumbs up (plural thumbs ups or thumbs up)

  1. A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.
    • He smiled and gave a big thumbs up.
    Antonyms:
    thumbs down
  2. (figuratively) An approval or OK.
    • We got the thumbs up to go ahead with the project.
    Antonyms:
    thumbs down

Forms of thumb-up

pluralthumbs-up

Questions about thumb-up

What is thumb-up the rare form of?
Thumb-up is the rare form of thumbs up.

Words near thumb-up in the dictionary

  1. thumb-sized
  2. thumb-sketch
  3. thumb-sketches
  4. thumb-toe
  5. thumb-toes
  6. thumb-up
  7. thumbable
  8. thumbboard
  9. thumbboards
  10. thumbed
  11. thumbed a ride

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumb-up (page history and authors); thumbs up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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