butterfingersn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌfɪŋɡərz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, finger n.

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + the plural of finger n., after butterfingered adj.

colloquial.

1. A person with a tendency to let things fall or slip from his or her hands; a butterfingered person. Frequently used in the vocative. Also occasionally in singular form butterfinger.Frequently in contexts relating to cricket or baseball.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness > person

fumbler1803

butterfingers1835

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > types of fielder

catcher1774

butterfingers1835

catch1853

1835 New Monthly Mag. June 182 When, in lifting the head of the seventh traitor,..the executioner happened to let it fall, cries of ‘Ah, clumsy’, ‘halloo’, ‘butter fingers’, were heard from various quarters of the assembly.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 69 At every bad attempt at a catch, and every failure to stop the ball, he launched his personal displeasure at the head of the devoted individual in such denunciations as..‘Now, butter-fingers’—‘Muff’—‘Humbug’—and so forth.

1868 H. Kingsley Silcote III. vii. 123 I never was a butter-fingers, though a bad batter.

1911 Z. Grey Young Pitcher vi. 64 Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything?

1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xxviii. 237 He stood there in front of her, clumsily trying to disentangle the reins of the two ponies... ‘Here, give them to me, butterfingers!’ she commanded, suddenly springing up beside him and pulling them out of his hands.

2016 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. 13 I'd wager he'd have been a right butterfingers if you lobbed him a ball of any shape.

2. Clumsiness in handling something, esp. a ball; fingers that fumble or fail to keep hold of something.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness

fumbling1562

butterfingers1859

ham-handedness1928

ham-fistedness1963

1859 Bell's Life in London & Sporting Chron. 22 May 8/3 Their career would have been much shorter if ‘butter fingers’ had not been in vogue.

1869 London Society June 525/2 [They] were..laughed at..for their ‘butter fingers’ in the playing-field.

1875 Once a Week 28 Aug. 320/1 You blunder-headed fool! I'll cure your butter fingers [when handling a musket].

1917 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 10/5 Holke..was attacked with a bad case of butterfingers and dropped the ball.

1957 S. Wright Get away from me with those Christmas Gifts i. 6 Zippers..convince me that I should learn to keep my butterfingers out of modern technology and recognize the need for experts.

1993 C. A. O'Marie Murder makes Pilgrimage 118 She heard someone knock Gallagher's receiver off the hook, then fumble for it with butter fingers.

2012 B. L. Yeatter J. Namath, Game by Game x. 208 Namath's receivers seemed to have quite the butter fingers, as another pass went off a receiver's hands and was intercepted.

Compounds

General attributive (frequently in singular form), with the sense ‘characterized by clumsiness in catching or handling; butterfingered’.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands

handless1483

left-handed1579

butterfingered1615

heavy-handeda1634

thumbless1648

unhandy1669

mutton-fisted1737

two-fisted1774

numb-handed1849

butterfingers1851

buttery-fingered1853

cack-handed1854

Marlborough-handed1893

thumb-fingered1903

thumby1909

ham-handed1918

ham-fisted1928

1851 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 279/2 His ‘butterfinger’ fashion of taking hold of things.

1920 W. Shaw Univ. of Mich. xi. 236 We had a little base-ball of the ‘butter fingers’ type.

1990 Films & Filming Jan. 49/2 Martin's butterfingers son at last takes a catch in the crucial stage of a baseball match.

2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 10 The collection is good for folks with butterfinger tendencies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	butterfingers
释义	butterfingersn. Brit. /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌfɪŋɡərz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, finger n. Etymology: < butter n.¹ + the plural of finger n., after butterfingered adj. colloquial. 1. A person with a tendency to let things fall or slip from his or her hands; a butterfingered person. Frequently used in the vocative. Also occasionally in singular form butterfinger.Frequently in contexts relating to cricket or baseball. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness > person fumbler1803 butterfingers1835 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > types of fielder catcher1774 butterfingers1835 catch1853 1835 New Monthly Mag. June 182 When, in lifting the head of the seventh traitor,..the executioner happened to let it fall, cries of ‘Ah, clumsy’, ‘halloo’, ‘butter fingers’, were heard from various quarters of the assembly. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 69 At every bad attempt at a catch, and every failure to stop the ball, he launched his personal displeasure at the head of the devoted individual in such denunciations as..‘Now, butter-fingers’—‘Muff’—‘Humbug’—and so forth. 1868 H. Kingsley Silcote III. vii. 123 I never was a butter-fingers, though a bad batter. 1911 Z. Grey Young Pitcher vi. 64 Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything? 1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xxviii. 237 He stood there in front of her, clumsily trying to disentangle the reins of the two ponies... ‘Here, give them to me, butterfingers!’ she commanded, suddenly springing up beside him and pulling them out of his hands. 2016 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. 13 I'd wager he'd have been a right butterfingers if you lobbed him a ball of any shape. 2. Clumsiness in handling something, esp. a ball; fingers that fumble or fail to keep hold of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness fumbling1562 butterfingers1859 ham-handedness1928 ham-fistedness1963 1859 Bell's Life in London & Sporting Chron. 22 May 8/3 Their career would have been much shorter if ‘butter fingers’ had not been in vogue. 1869 London Society June 525/2 [They] were..laughed at..for their ‘butter fingers’ in the playing-field. 1875 Once a Week 28 Aug. 320/1 You blunder-headed fool! I'll cure your butter fingers [when handling a musket]. 1917 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 10/5 Holke..was attacked with a bad case of butterfingers and dropped the ball. 1957 S. Wright Get away from me with those Christmas Gifts i. 6 Zippers..convince me that I should learn to keep my butterfingers out of modern technology and recognize the need for experts. 1993 C. A. O'Marie Murder makes Pilgrimage 118 She heard someone knock Gallagher's receiver off the hook, then fumble for it with butter fingers. 2012 B. L. Yeatter J. Namath, Game by Game x. 208 Namath's receivers seemed to have quite the butter fingers, as another pass went off a receiver's hands and was intercepted. Compounds General attributive (frequently in singular form), with the sense ‘characterized by clumsiness in catching or handling; butterfingered’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands handless1483 left-handed1579 butterfingered1615 heavy-handeda1634 thumbless1648 unhandy1669 mutton-fisted1737 two-fisted1774 numb-handed1849 butterfingers1851 buttery-fingered1853 cack-handed1854 Marlborough-handed1893 thumb-fingered1903 thumby1909 ham-handed1918 ham-fisted1928 1851 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 279/2 His ‘butterfinger’ fashion of taking hold of things. 1920 W. Shaw Univ. of Mich. xi. 236 We had a little base-ball of the ‘butter fingers’ type. 1990 Films & Filming Jan. 49/2 Martin's butterfingers son at last takes a catch in the crucial stage of a baseball match. 2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 10 The collection is good for folks with butterfinger tendencies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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