English Explanatory Dictionary

thumbs up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.
  2. An approval or OK.

Word forms

thumbs up thumbs-up thumb up thumb-up

Etymology

Said to refer to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but the directions have been reversed, and the Roman gesture was a bent thumb.

Antonyms

thumbs down

Related words

👍

Derived words

thumbs-up
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