thumb

A lack of skill at growing plants; a poor gardening skill.

A dishonest practice in which a butcher uses their thumb to add extra weight to a scale when weighing meat.

A natural skill for tinkering with electronics or computers.

To bother oneself; to worry about something.

A natural skill for gardening.

A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.

To hitchhike.

To get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker).

An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.

To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.

Completely controlled by someone; at someone's command.