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thumbpick

noun

Etymology

From thumb + pick.

  1. derived from *bew-✻
  2. inherited from *pikkōną✻ — “to pick, peck, prick, knock”
  3. inherited from *pikkōn✻
  4. inherited from *piccian✻
  5. inherited from piken
  6. compounded as thumbpick — “thumb + pick”

Definitions

  1. A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the thumb.

  2. To use the thumb to pluck individual strings of a stringed instrument, usually to supply…

    To use the thumb to pluck individual strings of a stringed instrument, usually to supply the bass part.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA