thumblev.¹

/ˈθʌmb(ə)l/

Etymology: < thumb n.: compare handle.

dialect.

transitive. To touch with or as with the thumb; to handle clumsily; to fumble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly

pawa1450

thumb1593

fumble1609

thumble1614

to maum and gaum1738

1614 Wily Beguilde (new ed.) sig. C4^v Stay quo'tha? To be yold and iold at, and tumbled, and thumbled [1606 tumbled, and tumbled], and tost, and turn'd, as I am by an old Hagge.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Thrumble, or Thumble, to handle awkwardly—to thumb.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† thumblev.²

Etymology: ? < rumble v.², influenced by thunder n.

intransitive. To rumble as thunder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble

gothelec1290

gurlc1380

bubblea1398

wharc1400

rumblec1450

rolla1522

lumber?1527

jumble1530

thumble1584

humble1617

grumblea1625

strumble1645

growl1744

1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 59 Now it thumbleth [so MS.] again very terribly, as though a whole Town should fall down into a great Valley.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	thumble
释义	thumblev.¹ /ˈθʌmb(ə)l/ Etymology: < thumb n.: compare handle. dialect. transitive. To touch with or as with the thumb; to handle clumsily; to fumble. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly pawa1450 thumb1593 fumble1609 thumble1614 to maum and gaum1738 1614 Wily Beguilde (new ed.) sig. C4^v Stay quo'tha? To be yold and iold at, and tumbled, and thumbled [1606 tumbled, and tumbled], and tost, and turn'd, as I am by an old Hagge. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Thrumble, or Thumble, to handle awkwardly—to thumb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † thumblev.² Etymology: ? < rumble v.², influenced by thunder n. intransitive. To rumble as thunder. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble gothelec1290 gurlc1380 bubblea1398 wharc1400 rumblec1450 rolla1522 lumber?1527 jumble1530 thumble1584 humble1617 grumblea1625 strumble1645 growl1744 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 59 Now it thumbleth [so MS.] again very terribly, as though a whole Town should fall down into a great Valley. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.¹1614v.²1584
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