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butterfingers

 

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Noun butterfingers has 1 sense
  1. butterfingers - someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)
    --1 is a kind of
    clumsy person

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Term: butterfingers

Noun: a clumsy or inept person

Example Sentence: Don't trust James to carry the fragile vase; he's such a butterfingers.

Adjective: marked by a tendency to drop or fumble things

Example Sentence: His butterfingers hands made him a liability in the construction business.

Verb: to drop or fumble an object due to clumsiness

Example Sentence: I butterfingered the catch, and the ball slipped right through my fingers.


Local Usage: In some regions, "butterfingers" is also used to refer to a type of candy or dessert.

Example Sentence: During our vacation in the Midwest, we tried the delicious butterfinger bars.


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