butterfingers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
  2. One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
  3. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-butterfingers.wav /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/ [-ɾɚ-] En-au-butter fingers.ogg

Word forms

butterfingers butter fingers

Etymology

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

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