Meanings
noune-thumb (plural e-thumbs)
plural e-thumbs
- USidiomaticA natural skill for tinkering with electronics or computers.
Oh, I'll never have an e-thumb, no matter how long I stay at it. Nothing ever seems to work for me. Every program I launch crashes.
- USA person with this skill.
I should ask the e-thumb next door what he recommends for my BSOD.
Origin
Blend of e- + green thumb. By surface analysis, e- + thumb.
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e-thumb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-thumb
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“e-thumb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-thumb. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-thumb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-thumb.
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