(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. / As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.

(intransitive) To use a thimble (noun sense 1). / (intransitive, by extension) To sew.

plural of thimble

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thimble

As much as a thimble will hold. / (by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.

plural of thimbleful

Of a finger: having a thimble (“cup-shaped cap used in sewing to push the needle through material”) on the tip; of a person: wearing a thimble on one's finger.

simple past tense and past participle of thimble

gerund of thimble: the act of using a thimble. / Synonym of thimblerigging (“the act of cheating (someone) in a thimblerig game, or by trickery”)

present participle of thimble