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thumb fights

thumb fights is the plural of thumb fight.

Meaning of thumb fight

Noun

thumb fight (plural thumb fights)

  1. Synonym of thumb war.
    • You make a fist and then you move your thumb on top of the bent fingers, like you're ready to have a thumb fight with someone. It's not a natural human gesture. It tries to straddle both sides, you know? To be powerful, but not aggressive.2012 April 15, Carina Chocano, quoting Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Julia Louis-Dreyfus Takes the White House”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    thumb war

Questions about thumb fights

What is thumb fights the plural of?
Thumb fights is the plural of thumb fight.

Words near thumb fights in the dictionary

  1. thumb buster
  2. thumb down
  3. thumb drive
  4. thumb drives
  5. thumb fight
  6. thumb fights
  7. thumb index
  8. thumb indexes
  9. thumb knot
  10. thumb knots
  11. Thumb Master

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