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UK
/θˈʌmbpɹɪnt/
]
NOUN
- fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
How To Use thumbprint In A Sentence
- Geoff signs all his paintings with his own unique signature - a thumbprint.
- Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations. Breaking News - The Post Chronicle
- The buyer paid in new £20 notes - two of which showed 34-year-old Maguire's thumbprint, fingerprint and palm impression.
- A spokesman for the centre said: ‘The feeling was that it worked as a deterrent but many retailers felt uncomfortable about asking customers for thumbprints.’
- Our thumbprints, our handprints are all over this plan.
- Within eight years, we'll vote on the Internet all in one day from wherever we are with our PC and we'll probably use our thumbprint as an identifier.
- Already a success in Putney and Clapham Junction, the scheme asks customers without identification to supply a thumbprint if they are paying by credit card.
- The females of these big damselflies are metallic green; the males a deep, rich iridescent blue, and in flight they flash shining blue thumbprints on their four wings. Country diary: Elton, Cambridgeshire
- The name 'thumbprint' comes from the fact that you use your "thumb" to make an indentation into each ball of dough which is then filled with some jam. Archive 2008-04-01
- They will love making thumbprints in the cookies but might have trouble sitting still for less glamorous tasks like stemming cherry tomatoes.