Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
gerund of thimble: the act of using a thimble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of thimblerigging (“the act of cheating (someone) in a thimblerig game, or by trickery”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: thimblerigging
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of thimble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
From thimble + -ing.
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