thumbs-up
verb1
To approve with a thumbs-up sign.
- He stood outside the dressing room and thumbs-upped or thumbs-downed each choice.2015, Anne Wagener, Borrow-A-Bridesmaid:
thumbs up
nounalso spelled thumbs-upEtymology Said to refer to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but the directions have been reversed, and the Roman gesture was a bent thumb.
1
A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.
- He smiled and gave a big thumbs up.
2
Figuratively An approval or OK.
- We got the thumbs up to go ahead with the project.
- Derived terms
- thumbs-up
- Related terms
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