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 butterfingered

heavy-handed, ineligible, incapable, inadequate, impotent, unable, useless, unqualified, unprepared, ill-equipped, inept, bulky, ungainly, unwieldy, ponderous, debilitated, incapacitated, bungling, unfitted, blundering

British Dictionary definitions for butterfingered

butterfingers
/ (ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz) /

noun

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

Derived forms of butterfingers

butterfingered, adjective