Usually means: Quickly skim or flip pages.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word thumb through:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. thumb through: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thumb through: Merriam-Webster
  3. thumb through: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. thumb through: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thumb through: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thumb through: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (thumb through)

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


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