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thumbprint

[ thuhm-print ]

/ ˈθʌmˌprɪnt /

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noun

a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.

Origin of thumbprint

First recorded in 1895–1900; thumb + print

Words nearby thumbprint

thumbkin, thumbnail, thumbnail sketch, thumbnut, thumbpiece, thumbprint, thumbs up, thumbs-down, thumbs-up, thumbscrew, thumbstall

Example sentences from the Web for thumbprint

Kindly include your full name, as well as your daughter's, and place your thumbprint on the opposite side of the disk.

Null-ABC |Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
It responded to the individual pattern of his thumbprint, and the bag fell open.

The Cartels Jungle |Irving E. Cox, Jr.
The thumbprint which we puzzled our heads over was a toe-print!

Whispering Wires |Henry Leverage
He ran a red-tinted, celluloid rectangle through a stamping machine and Hunter pressed his thumbprint upon the signature square.

The Cartels Jungle |Irving E. Cox, Jr.

He's got a serious mind, Izzy has, and if you could take a thumbprint of his brain, it would be all fractions and dollar signs.

Torchy, Private Sec. |Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for thumbprint

thumbprint

/ (ˈθʌmˌprɪnt) /

noun

an impression of the upper part of the thumb, used esp for identification purposes See fingerprint