butterfingers
English
/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/, /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/
noun
Definitions
- (idiomatic) Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
Etymology
Compound from English butter + English fingers.
Origin
English
fingers
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bull butter English
- butter English
- butter-ham English
- butterable English
- butterball English
- butterbird English
- butterbur English
- butterburger English
- butterbutt English
- buttercream English
- buttercross English
- buttercrunch English
- buttercup English
- butterdock English
- butterer English
- butterfat English
- butterfingered English
- butterfish English
- butterfly English
- butterhead English
- butterhorn English
- butterish English
- butterleaf English
- butterless English
- butterlike English
- butterman English
- buttermilk English
- buttermint English
- butternut English
- butteroil English
- butterweed English
- butterwoman English
- butterwort English
- buttery English
- clarified butter English
- cookie butter English
- fingers English
- fumblefingers English
- nonbutter English
- Butter German
- boter Dutch, Flemish
- バター Japanese
- buter Middle English
- butero Esperanto
- botter Afrikaans
- 白脫 Chinese
- 버터 Korean
- ibhotela Zulu
- bōta Marshallese
- bata Tok Pisin
- bata prut Tok Pisin
- waiūpaka Hawaiian
- butter
- buttery
- fingers
- butterer
- buttercup
- butterfat
- butterish
- butternut
- butteroil
- butterbur
- butterman
- nonbutter
- butterfly
- butterbird
- butterlike
- butterfish
- buttermilk
- butterleaf
- butterdock
- butterball
- butter-ham
- butterless
- butterable
- butterwort
- butterhead
- butterhorn
- butterbutt
- butterweed
- buttermint
- buttercream
- bull butter
- buttercross
- butterwoman
- buttercrunch
- butterburger
- cookie butter
- fumblefingers
- butterfingered
- clarified butter