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Flipping (through pages)
Answer for the clue "Flipping (through pages) ", 8 letters:
thumbing
Word definitions for thumbing in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Thumbing may refer to: The act of typing on a small keyboard (known as a thumb keyboard ) solely (or primarily) using the thumbs. It is primarily used with mobile phones for SMS text messaging, and also with devices such as PDAs with built-in keyboards. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thumb \Thumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumbing .] To handle awkwardly. --Johnson. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is thumbed. vb. (present participle of thumb English)
Usage examples of thumbing.
Cracking the cylinder, she ejected four spent shells and tucked them into a pocket of her bearskin coat before thumbing in fresh rounds.
Tossing them away, the spent brass musically rang on the cobblestoned street as he started thumbing in fresh bullets.
Jak stated, thumbing rounds into the Ruger, then switching weapons back to his Colt.
Ryan said urgently, thumbing the ignition button to start the big Twin-V engine.
Mildred asked, dumping the spent rounds from her ZKR revolver and quickly thumbing in fresh ones.
Doc offered, pulling the spare Webley from his belt and thumbing back the hammer, only to ease it down again.
If he loved his country so much that he would spy, what would he do upon learning that a convicted pirate was here on English soil, thumbing his nose at the British government?