thumb fight

thumb fight (plural thumb fights)

1. Synonym of thumb war
   • 2012 April 15, Carina Chocano, quoting Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Julia Louis-Dreyfus Takes the White House”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-17:

     You make a fist and then you move your thumb on top of the bent fingers, like you're ready to have a thumb fight with someone. It's not a natural human gesture. It tries to straddle both sides, you know? To be powerful, but not aggressive.

   • 2020 November 27, Katie Hunt, quoting Ameline Bardo, “Neanderthals may have used their hands differently from humans”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 27 November 2020:

     There would be confusion over where to place the thumb, and for a thumb fight I think you would win in terms of speed and movement!