˜yÐÄvlog

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butterfingers

[ buht-er-fing-gerz ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
plural butterfingers.
  1. a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.


butterfingers

/ ˈ²úÊŒ³Ùəˌ´Úɪŋɡə³ú /

noun

  1. informal.
    functioning as singular a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú³Ü³Ù³Ù±ð°ùËŒ´Ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð°ù±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú³Ü³Ùt±ð°ù·´Ú¾±²Ôg±ð°ù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of butterfingers1

First recorded in 1830–40; butter + finger + -s 3
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The Rams would probably love to trade Akers and maybe Williams overall performance in this game — minus the butterfingers — showed them they can.

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Cummins was the man hit for the winning runs, Lyon the butterfingers who fumbled the ball when Jack Leach was stranded in the middle of the pitch.

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While my favorite cousins Vic and Plas and our best friend Art ruled neighborhood pigskin games and Madden, my noodle arm and butterfingers read books and articles about the sport’s past.

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“I mean, the eyes of the world are on the county and, you know, they’ve got butterfingers.â€

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Jeudy may be a great route runner that consistently gets open, but those butterfingers are betraying those fantastic feet.

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