Definition of Butterfingered in English :

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Butterfingered meaning in English

Meaning of Butterfingered in English

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Butterfingered pronunciation in English

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Butterfingered

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Adjective

1. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed

lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Example Sentences:
'a bumbling mechanic'
'a bungling performance'
'ham-handed governmental interference'
'could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Butterfingered

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

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Butterfingered

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noun
Informal
a person who habitually fumbles or drops things, as if because of buttery fingers

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Butterfingered

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pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
A person who tends to drop things.

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