butterfingersnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈbʌt.əˌfɪŋ.ɡəz/us/ˈbʌt̬.ɚˌfɪŋ.ɡɚz/humorousa person who drops things they are carrying or trying to catch:
[ as form of address ] "Butterfingers!" she called as I dropped the hot plates.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- all thumbs idiom
- amateurish
- at your worst idiom
- awkward
- boil
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- have nothing on sb or sth idiom
- have two left feet idiom
- incapacitate
- nerd
- no great shakes idiom
- not have a prayer idiom
- obey
- organize
- paralysed
- prone
- rubbish
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