How to pronounce thumbs
Listen to thumbs in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“thumbs” in real sentences
732 clips in the index · 180 American · 55 British · 23 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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made fun of it just like thumbs up thumbs down well just thumbs up thumbs up
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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>> thumbs up. >> Big Big thumbs up.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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You know, thumbs up, thumbs down.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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thumbs up and a thumbs down symbol.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of thumbs. 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.