"thumbs up" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "thumbs down"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Said to refer to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but the directions have been reversed, and the Roman gesture was a bent thumb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thumbs up",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thumbs up"
      },
      "expansion": "thumbs up (plural thumbs up)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He smiled and gave a big thumbs up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist."
      ],
      "id": "en-thumbs_up-en-noun-6lrqoC-J",
      "links": [
        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture"
        ],
        [
          "approval",
          "approve"
        ],
        [
          "okay",
          "okay"
        ],
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ],
        [
          "fist",
          "fist"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "word": "👍"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "thumbs-up"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jaykār",
          "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "जयकार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vijyotsav",
          "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विजयोत्सव"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "joinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fixe"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We got the thumbs-up to go ahead with the project."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An approval or okay."
      ],
      "id": "en-thumbs_up-en-noun-V5pvwWUt",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an approval or okay",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "joia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "thumbs up"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "thumbs down"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Said to refer to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but the directions have been reversed, and the Roman gesture was a bent thumb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thumbs up",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thumbs up"
      },
      "expansion": "thumbs up (plural thumbs up)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "👍"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He smiled and gave a big thumbs up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture"
        ],
        [
          "approval",
          "approve"
        ],
        [
          "okay",
          "okay"
        ],
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ],
        [
          "fist",
          "fist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We got the thumbs-up to go ahead with the project."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An approval or okay."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "thumbs-up"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jaykār",
      "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जयकार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vijyotsav",
      "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विजयोत्सव"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "joinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a gesture signifying approval or okay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fixe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an approval or okay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "joia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thumbs up"
}