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thumb drive

thumb drive noun: a small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.

Noun

thumb drive (plural thumb drives)

  1. A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
    • The other gadget that Ethan needs to end the Entity is a "poison pill" – a thumb drive, basically – which has been invented by his pal Luther (Ving Rhames).2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    data stick, disk on key, flash drive /flashdrive, jump drive /jumpdrive, key drive, memory drive, memory stick, pen drive /pendrive, USB, USB drive

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Forms of thumb drive

pluralthumb drives

Origin of thumb drive

A trademark owned by Trek Technologies.

Questions about thumb drive

What does thumb drive mean?
Thumb drive means a small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
What part of speech is thumb drive?
Thumb drive is a noun.
What is the plural of thumb drive?
The plural of thumb drive is thumb drives.

Words near thumb drive in the dictionary

  1. thumb a lift
  2. thumb a ride
  3. thumb blue
  4. thumb buster
  5. thumb down
  6. thumb drive
  7. thumb drives
  8. thumb fight
  9. thumb fights
  10. thumb index
  11. thumb indexes

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