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    butterfingers
    /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/

    noun

    • 1. a person who regularly drops or fails to keep hold of things: informal "What chance have we got with him in goal ? Old butterfingers"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBUTTERFINGERS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    BUTTERFINGERS definition: 1. a person who drops things they are carrying or trying to catch: 2. a person who drops things…. Learn more.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › butterfingersBUTTERFINGERS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Butterfingers definition: a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.. See examples of BUTTERFINGERS used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBUTTERFINGERS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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

  5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › butterfingersbutterfingers - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    • Etymology
    • Pronunciation
    • Noun

    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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    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/
    (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/, [-ɾɚ-]
    Hyphenation: but‧ter‧fing‧ers

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    butterfingers (plural butterfingers) (idiomatic, informal) 1. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. 1.1. Synonym: (less common) butterfinger 1.2. I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today. 1.1. 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “How Mr. Winkle, instea...

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  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › butterfingersButterfingers - definition of butterfingers by The Free...

    Define butterfingers. butterfingers synonyms, butterfingers pronunciation, butterfingers translation, English dictionary definition of butterfingers. pl.n. A person who tends to drop things. but′ter·fin′gered adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › butterfingersButterfingers - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A butterfingers is someone with a clumsy tendency to drop things they're holding. Being a butterfingers is considered a particularly bad trait in baseball, for obvious reasons.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › butterfingersbutterfingers noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of butterfingers noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.