butterfingers

[ buht-er-fing-gerz ]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌfɪŋ gɛrz /
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noun, plural but·ter·fin·gers. (used with a singular verb)

a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.

Origin of butterfingers

First recorded in 1830–40; butter + finger + -s3

OTHER WORDS FROM butterfingers

but·ter·fin·gered, adjective

Words nearby butterfingers

buttercup family, buttercup squash, butterfat, butterfat cheque, butterfield, butterfingers, butterfish, butterflies, butterflies in one's stomach, butterfly, butterfly ballot

Words related to butter-fingered

ineligible, incapable, inadequate, impotent, unable, useless, unqualified, unprepared, ill-equipped, debilitated, incapacitated, bungling, unfitted, blundering, amateur, awkward, clumsy, feeble, heavy-handed, incompetent

Example sentences from the Web for butter-fingered

  • She had a good deal of taste, but she was butter-fingered and careless.

    L'Assommoir |Emile Zola

  • Butter-Fingered, apt to let things fall; greasy or slippery-fingered.

    The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten

  • Marion, penitent, but annoyed at being called a butter-fingered Handy Andy, let the matter slide for the moment.

    Loyal to the School |Angela Brazil

  • For thirty mortal minutes Gardiner had me snapping back the ball to that butter-fingered Bowles.

    For the Honor of the School |Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for butter-fingered

butterfingers
/ (ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) informal a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things

Derived forms of butterfingers

butterfingered, adjective