butterfingers



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 outfieldhe has butterfingers!
See also: butterfingers, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zala-Slovene
Atieno-Eastern African, Luo
Asha (1)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
MeadowMED-oEnglish (Modern)
Grier[griə]
GearÓId-Irish