thumb through

thumb through something

and leaf through something

to look through a book, magazine, or newspaper, without reading it carefully. I've only thumbed through this book, but it looks very interesting. I leafed through a magazine while waiting to see the doctor.

thumb through something

to quickly look at a pile of papers or the pages of a magazine or book Quinn thumbed through his messages until he found the slip with Ritter's phone number on it. Bella had to wait for Jill so she passed the time thumbing through magazines.

thumb through

To go through some reading material quickly or superficially, turning from page to page with or as if with the thumb: I thumbed through the directory for my dentist's phone number.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Consolata	kon-so-LAH-tah	Italian
Amber	['æmbə]
Baltasar (2)	-	Biblical Greek
Niklaus	-	German (Swiss)
Khayrat	-	Arabic
ÇİĞDem	-	Turkish