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butterfingers

English

Etymology

From butter +? fingers, suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?t??f????z/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?b?t??f????z/, [-??-]
  • Hyphenation: but?ter?fing?ers

Noun

butterfingers (plural butterfingers)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.

Alternative forms

  • butter fingers

Derived terms

  • butterfingered

Translations

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fumblefingers

English

Etymology

fumble +? fingers

Noun

fumblefingers (plural fumblefingers)

  1. (rare, informal) A clumsy person; a butterfingers.

fumblefingers From the web:

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