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Butterfingers

//ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. idiomatic, informal

    "I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today."

  2. 2
    someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball) wordnet
  3. 3
    One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. idiomatic, informal

    "“I guess everyone’s got butterfingers around here,” Cole said with a sly smile. “Lucky for us, I’ve got fast reflexes.”"

  4. 4
    A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. idiomatic, informal

Etymology

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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