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BUTTER-FINGERED

Definition: BUTTER-FINGERED

BUTTER-FINGERED

Adjective

1. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: BUTTER-FINGERED

Language Translations for "BUTTER-FINGERED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

黄油手指. (various references)

   

Czech

  

nešikovný (awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, inept, maladroit, unskillful, unwieldy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kétbalkezes (blunderer, blundering, bumbling, fumbler, fumbling, ham-fisted, lopsided, lubberly), ügyetlen kezû. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ordaagagh (clumsy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

utter-fingeredbay

   

Romanian

  

neîndemânatic (awkward, awkwardly, buckram, butter fingers, clumsily, clumsy, fumbling, gawky, inapt, left handed, lubberly, maladroit, uncouth, ungainly, unskilful, unversed). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

слаборукий. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vụng về (clumpish, clumsily, clumsy, gauche, heavy-handed, loutish, maladroit, rough-hewn, stern foremost), lóng ngóng (ham-fisted, ham-handed, numb). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "BUTTER-FINGERED"

Words rhyming with "BUTTER-FINGERED" (pronounced 'But"ter-fin`gered'): light-fingered, Web-fingered. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BUTTER-FINGERED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: butterfingered.

Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-f-g-i-n-r-r-t-t-u"

-4 letters: befingered, befretting, benefitted, interbreed, interfered, rebreeding, reuttering, unfettered.

-5 letters: befretted, befringed, benefited, benefiter, bettering, budgeteer, butterier, buttering, debenture, deferring, detergent, deterrent, deterring, ferreting, fettering, frittered, interbred, interfere, negritude, rebutting, refeeding, refigured, regretted, reuttered, teetering, unbriefed, undergirt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BUTTER-FINGERED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 55 54 54 45 52 2D 46 49 4E 47 45 52 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01010101 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 00101101 01000110 01001001 01001110 01000111 01000101 01010010 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#85 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#45 &#70 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#69 &#82 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0055 0054 0054 0045 0052 002D 0046 0049 004E 0047 0045 0052 0045 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

365554543952154043484139523938

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Non-English Dictionaries with "BUTTER-FINGERED"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kínai, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Czech

slovník, definice, překlad捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, менський, менський діалект

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, román, Roomainagh, român, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrán, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucrainean, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnami, vietnámi, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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