The word 'thumbs' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the first finger on the hand, opposite the other four fingers. Example: "He gave me two thumbs up to show his approval of my performance."
Not one moment of this long day on the road had been spent in the traditional hitching pose: waving signs or thumbs at passing motorists.
The things I thought they wouldn't like they like, and vice versa" (couscous with chickpeas, turmeric and fresh herbs gets a thumbs up).
"Playstation thumb" – in which players' thumbs became blistered and flaking – was reported in the South African Medical Journal, while "Nintendinitis" was a RSI-type injury affecting the wrist and elbow.
The Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, gave a thumbs up to the cameras as he cast his vote in Ramsgate.
Vilma is a "granger" – a term I coined to describe the "grey anger" of those who won't willingly enter the people farms, who don't want to spend their retirement twiddling thumbs and perennially tapping little white balls into a hole in a patch of cultivated grass.
He later tweeted a photo of himself flashing two thumbs up alongside members of the 173rd and the US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt.
Archie Young, a 20-year-old actor, was among those who cheered as a lorry driver parped his horn and gave a big thumbs-up to the crowd.
A big blue thumbs-up sign stands at the entrance to 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, California, signalling the home of the biggest social network in the world.
He was examined by Barcelona's medical staff after the final whistle and did not appear to be injured, giving the thumbs-up as he walked off the pitch.
In one, a group of American ballet dancers gave Billy a thumbs-up; in the other, columnist Patrick Goldstein berated the Academy for cutting Hodges' Croupier out of the Oscar race because it once played on Dutch TV.
Faithful to the leprechaun omerta, he gave a non-verbal response: a shake of the head to indicate he wasn't sweltering, and a thumbs-up presumably to show he was happy to see the crowds come out in the sun.
