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thumbs ups

thumbs ups is the plural 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

Questions about thumbs ups

What is thumbs ups the plural of?
Thumbs ups is the plural of thumbs up.

Words near thumbs ups in the dictionary

  1. thumbs on the scales
  2. thumbs one's nose
  3. thumbs through
  4. thumbs up
  5. thumbs up, seven up
  6. thumbs ups
  7. thumbs-down
  8. thumbs-downed
  9. thumbs-downing
  10. thumbs-downs
  11. thumbs-up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumbs ups (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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