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thumbpicking

thumbpicking is the present participle and gerund of thumbpick.

Meaning of thumbpick

Verb

thumbpick (third-person singular simple present thumbpicks, present participle thumbpicking, simple past and past participle thumbpicked)

  1. To use the thumb to pluck individual strings of a stringed instrument, usually to supply the bass part.

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Questions about thumbpicking

What is thumbpicking the present participle and gerund of?
Thumbpicking is the present participle and gerund of thumbpick.

Words near thumbpicking in the dictionary

  1. thumboards
  2. thumbpad
  3. thumbpads
  4. thumbpick
  5. thumbpicked
  6. thumbpicking
  7. thumbpicks
  8. thumbpiece
  9. thumbpieces
  10. thumbpot
  11. thumbpots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumbpicking (page history and authors); thumbpick (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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