fat fingernoun [ U ]
uk/ˌfæt ˈfɪŋ.ɡər/us/ˌfæt ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ/informalUKa situation in which you press the wrong button by accident when you are using a computer keyboard
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Operating computers
- aliasing
- always-on
- black hat
- BMP
- caps lock (key)
- computerize
- cut
- dump
- enter
- fire
- format
- hacker
- key sth in
- keyboarder
- punch
- roll (sth) over sth
- scroll bar
- title bar
- touchscreen
- zip
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fat-finger
verb [ T ] ukusinformalUK
to press the wrong button by accident when you are using a computer keyboard:
I thought the computer wasn't working but I must have fat-fingered my password.
fat-fingered
adjective ukusinformalUK
fat-fingered office workers