1. thumbing - Noun
2. thumbing - Verb
of Thumb
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well. Ernest Istook
We cannot fathom why people would stand across the street, easily a hundred feet away, when they could be so close, near us. ‘Suckers.' I tell Toph, thumbing toward those watching from so far away. It is important, I feel, that the boy knows what suckers look like.”. Dave Eggers
Her libido blazed to life. She smiled, impressed by the party-crashing shamelessness of sex, its willingness to show up anywhere-a funeral, a sermon, a final farewell. This was the way to go out, all right, thumbing your labia at the cosmos. James K. Morrow
Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?' Sam Kinison
All the while, Putin has sheltered N.S.A. whistle-blower Edward Snowden, thumbing his nose at the White House by portraying himself as a defender of civil liberties. Source: Internet
But the lingering impression isn't of a gift to loyalists, or even an idle thumbing through his catalog. Source: Internet