butterfingers

== English == === Etymology === From butter +‎ fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter), from butterfingered. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/, [-ɾɚ-] Hyphenation: but‧ter‧fing‧ers === Noun === butterfingers (plural butterfingers) (idiomatic, informal) Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. Synonym: (less common) butterfinger One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. ==== Alternative forms ==== butter fingers ==== Derived terms ==== butterfinger ==== Related terms ==== butterfingered ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === butterfingers (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia