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thru|way /θruː we I / (thruways ) also throughway N‑COUNT A thruway is a wide road that is specially designed so that a lot of traffic can move along it very quickly. It is usually divided along the middle, so that traffic travelling in one direction is separated from the traffic travelling in the opposite direction. [AM ]

Thu. → see Thurs.

thud /θʌ d/ (thuds , thudding , thudded )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft. □  She tripped and fell with a sickening thud.

2 VERB If something thuds somewhere, it makes a dull sound, usually when it falls onto or hits something else. □ [V prep/adv] She ran up the stairs, her bare feet thudding on the wood. □ [V -ing] There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door. [Also V ] ●  thud|ding N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the thudding of the bombs beyond the hotel.

3 VERB When your heart thuds , it beats strongly and rather quickly, for example because you are very frightened or very happy. □ [V ] My heart had started to thud, and my mouth was dry.

thug /θʌ g/ (thugs ) N‑COUNT You can refer to a violent person or criminal as a thug . [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …the cowardly thugs who mug old people.

thug|gery /θʌ gəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Thuggery is rough, violent behaviour.

thug|gish /θʌ g I ʃ/ ADJ If you describe a person or their behaviour as thuggish , you mean they behave in a violent, rough, or threatening way. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  The owner of the stall, a large, thuggish man, grabbed Dai by the collar.

thumb /θʌ m/ (thumbs , thumbing , thumbed )

1 N‑COUNT Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers. □  She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.

2 VERB If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift. □ [V n + to ] It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth. □ [V n] Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.

3 → see also well-thumbed

4 PHRASE If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb , you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate. [EMPHASIS ] □  Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?

5 PHRASE If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs , you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen. □  The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling.

6 PHRASE If you are under someone's thumb , you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them. □  I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb.

7green thumb → see green

8to thumb your nose at someone → see nose

9rule of thumb → see rule

▸  thumb through PHRASAL VERB If you thumb through something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages quickly rather than reading each page carefully. □ [V P n] He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.

thumb|nail /θʌ mne I l/ (thumbnails ) also thumb-nail

1 N‑COUNT Your thumbnail is the nail on your thumb.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A thumbnail sketch or account is a very short description of an event, idea, or plan which gives only the main details.

thumb|print /θʌ mpr I nt/ (thumbprints ) also thumb print

1 N‑COUNT A thumbprint is a mark made by a person's thumb which shows the pattern of lines on its surface.