How to pronounce thumb in American English
“thumb” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to thumb the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “thumb” in: all accents · British English (100 clips)
“thumb” in real sentences — American speakers
511 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
are you using your thumb?
CDC
-
But there's one thumb that is missing and then one thumb that's there.
Smithsonian Air & Space
-
thumb is in the way I guarantee your thumb is not as strong as all the
FAA
Words that sound like “thumb”
Words one sound away from thumb — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “thumb”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of thumb. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.