butterfingers
Someone who tends to drop thingsSomeone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
Meaning
3 senses(idiomatic, informal)Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today.
Tollpatsch, Tölpel, Mensch mit zwei linken Händen
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someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)
(idiomatic, informal)One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
(idiomatic, informal)A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
Examples
1 sentencesTranslations
6 languagesOrigin
From butter + fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their handFrom 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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plural: butterfingersSynonyms
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2 related wordsSee also
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