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 outfield—he has butterfingers!
See also: butterfingers, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vinicio-Italian, Spanish
Kapil-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Dijanadee-YAH-nah (Croatian), DEE-yah-nah (Croatian)Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Beach[bi:tʃ]
Kristen (1)-Danish, Norwegian
Altman['ɔ:ltmən]