Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finger trouble

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: fin-ger trou-ble
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fumbling use of the fingers that causes mistakes to occur, especially the pressing of wrong buttons on a machine or wrong keys on a keyboard.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I had some finger trouble and began my letter 'Dead Sir or Madman'."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does finger trouble mean?: Fumbling use of the fingers that causes mistakes to occur, especially the pressing of wrong buttons on a machine or wrong keys on a keyboard.

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