Usually means: Indecisive delay in decision-making.
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  1. Thumbsucking: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (thumbsucking)

▸ noun:  The act of sucking one's thumb.

Similar:
fingersucking, thumbing, sucking, suckling, tonguing, licking, insucking, thumb fight, tonguey, tonguage, more...

Opposite:
finger pointing, finger wagging, finger shaking

Types:
nail biting, hair twirling, knuckle cracking, lip biting, more...

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Similar:
fingersucking, thumbing, sucking, suckling, tonguing, licking, insucking, thumb fight, tonguey, tonguage, more...

Opposite:
finger pointing, finger wagging, finger shaking

Types:
nail biting, hair twirling, knuckle cracking, lip biting, more...



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