"thumb" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

thumb sustantivo

thumb + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 19

thumb injury • thumb print • thumb drive • thumb index finger • thumb piano • ...

thumb + verbo

Kolokacji: 27

thumb hooks • thumb presses • thumb rubs • thumb strokes • thumb resting • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) hook, rub, touch, tuck, stick

Kolokacji: 5

1. thumb hooks = kciuk wiesza thumb hooks

2. thumb rubs = kciuk pociera thumb rubs

3. thumb touches = dotknięcie kciuka thumb touches

4. thumb tucks = kciuk wkłada thumb tucks

5. thumb sticks = kciuk wbija się thumb sticks

Another advantage is that when punching, the thumb will not get caught on an object as opposed to having the thumb sticking up or out.
The German officer was a plump specimen, red-faced, thumb stuck in his belt.
Little Mary sat beside her like a doll, her thumb stuck solemnly in her mouth.
His thumb stuck in a 16 lbs bowling ball.
She stared at the backseat where her daughter clutched her beloved stuffed bear, a thumb stuck firmly in her small mouth.
Both cops were smiling, rocking back on their heels, thumbs stuck into their gun belts.
Oh well, I suppose if you get your thumbs stuck in your trousers you could always tell her how you feel.
There was a noise behind him, and a stout man wearing a sergeant's uniform came out of nowhere, his thumbs stuck in his leather belt.
A thumb stuck in various parts of the pie, however, pulled out many a plum.

(2) press, jerk, dig, flick, slide, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(3) stroke, caress, brush, graze

Kolokacji: 4

Kolokacji: 10

verbo + thumb

Kolokacji: 37

hook one's thumbs • put one's thumb • rub one's thumb • use one's thumb • jerk a thumb • press one's thumb • suck one's thumb • ...

adjetivo + thumb

Kolokacji: 27

right thumb • left thumb • sore thumb • opposable thumb • broken thumb • ...

preposición + thumb

Kolokacji: 13

between thumb • of thumb • to thumb • with one's thumb • under one's thumb • ...

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