thumb through
thumb through verb: to use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
Verb
thumb through (third-person singular simple present thumbs through, present participle thumbing through, simple past and past participle thumbed through)
- To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
thumb through meaning in Marathi
thumb through in Marathi
- to thumb through, leaf through
- चाळणे ċāḷṇe
Forms of thumb through
| third-person singular present | thumbs through |
|---|---|
| present participle | thumbing through |
| past participle | thumbed through |
| past | thumbed through |
Questions about thumb through
- What does thumb through mean?
- Thumb through means to use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
- What is thumb through in Marathi?
- Thumb through in Marathi is चाळणे (ċāḷṇe). See Thumb through meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is thumb through?
- Thumb through is a verb.
- What is the past tense of thumb through?
- The past tense of thumb through is thumbed through.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumb through (page history and authors); चाळणे (Marathi) (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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