butterfingers

but·ter·fin·gers

B0581400 (bŭt′ər-fĭng′gərz)pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A person who tends to drop things.

but′ter·fin′gered adj.

butterfingers

(ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz) n (functioning as singular) informal a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things ˈbutterˌfingered adj

but•ter•fin•gers

(ˈbʌt ərˌfɪŋ gɛrz)

n., pl. -gers. (used with a sing. v.) a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person. [1830–40] but′ter•fin`gered, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

butterfingers - someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination

Translations

手脚笨拙的人拿不稳东西的人

butter

(ˈbatə) noun a fatty substance made from cream by churning. 黄油 verb to spread with butter. She buttered the bread.抹黄油ˈbuttery adjectivea buttery knife.黄油的ˈbutterfingers noun a person who is likely to drop things which he or she is carrying. 拿不稳东西的人，手脚笨拙的人 ˈbutterscotch (-skotʃ) noun a kind of hard toffee made with butter. 奶油糖果butter up to flatter (someone) usually because one wants him to do something for one. 讨好

butterfingers

Someone who is clumsy and often drops things or else fails to catch something. I dropped another plate! I'm such a butterfingers today. Coach, don't put that butterfingers Jimmy in the outfield!

have butterfingers

To be clumsy, usually momentarily, by dropping or failing to catch something. I dropped another plate! I guess I just have butterfingers today. Coach, don't put Jimmy in the outfield—he has butterfingers!See also: butterfingers, have

have (or be a) butterfingers

be unable to catch deftly or hold securely. This phrase comes from the idea that hands covered with butter will be slippery, making holding on to anything difficult. There was also a dialect sense of ‘unable to handle anything hot’, as if your fingers were made of melting butter. Butterfingers! is often jeeringly shouted at someone who has failed to catch a ball in a game.See also: butterfingers, have

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noun someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)

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