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Definition: Butterfingered |
ButterfingeredAdjective1. Not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "butterfingered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1894. (references) |
Synonyms: ButterfingeredSynonyms: bumbling (adj), bungling (adj), ham-fisted (adj), ham-handed (adj), handless (adj), heavy-handed (adj), left-handed (adj). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "butterfingered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | duartharë (maladroit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | رخو الاصابع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | несръчен (all thumbs, awkward, blundering, bungling, clumsy, heavy-handed, inept, left handed, maladroit, two-fisted, unapt, unskilful, untoward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שלומיאלי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menjatuhkan barang-barang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | utterfingeredbay имеющий слабые руки. (various references) trapavost. (various references) torpe (awkward, blockish, blundering, bumbling, butterfingers, clumsy, duffer, dull, dullish, fathead, heavy, labored, laboured, left handed, left-hander, logy, lumberingly, rough, shiftless, slow witted, slowcoach, slowpoke, stodgily, thick, torpid, wall eyed), manos de manteca. (various references) släpphänt (fond, indulgent). (various references) sakar (awkward, clumsy, gawky, heavy-handed, left handed, maladroit, oaf, sacchar-, ungainly, unhandy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| 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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 74 74 65 72 66 69 6E 67 65 72 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- - - . .-. ..-. .. -. --. . .-. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u t t e r f i n g e r e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0074 0074 0065 0072 0066 0069 006E 0067 0065 0072 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3687868671847275807371847170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, ערבית, ערבי, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, עברי, עברית, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya | |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, רוסי, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, ספר"ית, ספר"י, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, טורקי, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, א 'לית, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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