Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have one's fingers all thumbs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
have one's fin-ger-s al-l thumbs
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be clumsy; to lack dexterity.

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What does have one's fingers all thumbs mean?
To be clumsy; to lack dexterity.

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