How to pronounce thumbs in British English
“thumbs” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to thumbs the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “thumbs” in: all accents · American English (320 clips)
“thumbs” in real sentences — British speakers
55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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policy that the secretary of state can effectively um put a thumbs up or thumbs down
The Scottish Parliament
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The minister is giving me a thumbs up to that—good.
The Scottish Parliament
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can be evidenced from as early as 12 weeks and that the sucking of thumbs can
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “thumbs”
Words one sound away from thumbs — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “thumbs”
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.