Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butterfinger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: but-terfin-ger
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of butterfingers (“someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated”).

Example Sentences

"You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything?"

Etymology

Clipping of butterfingers.

Inflected Forms

butterfingers (plural)

Synonyms

butterfingers

Questions

What does butterfinger mean?: Synonym of butterfingers (“someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated”).
Where does butterfinger come from?: Clipping of butterfingers.

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