butterfingers
/ˈbʌtəfɪŋɡəz/noun
उच्चारण बटफ़िंगज़
चीज़ें बार-बार गिरा देने वाला, कैच छोड़ने वाला
Core word
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[sing.] informal
a person who often drops things or fails to catch things
चीज़ें बार-बार गिरा देने वाला, कैच छोड़ने वाला
- Butterfingers! That's the third catch you've dropped today!
- Don't give the glass tray to Mohan; he is a real butterfingers.
- I'm such a butterfingers; I keep dropping my phone.
+ 2 more examples
- Don't pass the cup to that butterfingers.
- The coach shouted at the butterfingers who dropped the ball.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a butterfingers / what a butterfingers
Butterfingers is an informal noun for a person who often drops things. It looks plural but is used with a singular verb: you are a butterfingers.
'Butterfingers' अनौपचारिक संज्ञा है जो उस व्यक्ति के लिए है जो अक्सर चीज़ें गिरा देता है। रूप में यह बहुवचन लगता है पर singular verb के साथ आता है।
- Radhika's brother is a real butterfingers; he has broken four cups.
- Oh, butterfingers! You dropped the ball again.
Butterfingers! (exclamation)
People say Butterfingers! as a friendly joke when someone drops or fails to catch something.
जब कोई कुछ गिरा दे या पकड़ न पाए, तब लोग मज़ाक में 'Butterfingers!' कहते हैं।
- Butterfingers! That was an easy catch.
have butterfingers (of a fielder or catcher)
In cricket commentary, to have butterfingers means to drop catches easily.
क्रिकेट कमेंट्री में 'have butterfingers' का अर्थ आसानी से कैच छोड़ देना है।
- The slip fielder has butterfingers today; two catches are gone.
butterfingered (adjective)
The related adjective butterfingered describes someone who is clumsy with the hands.
संबंधित adjective 'butterfingered' हाथों से अनाड़ी व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है।
- He felt butterfingered after the injury.
+Collocations 3
adjective + butterfingers
realtotalsuch acompletehopeless
- He is a hopeless butterfingers in the kitchen.
verb + butterfingers
becall someoneturn outact like
- Don't be a butterfingers; hold the tray with both hands.
butterfingers + context
in the fieldin the kitchenat the stageat a wedding
- The fielder dropped the catch and was teased as a butterfingers.
“More examples 5
- The fielder dropped an easy catch and the crowd groaned: butterfingers!
क्षेत्ररक्षक ने आसान कैच छोड़ दिया और भीड़ कराह उठी: butterfingers!
- I'm a butterfingers; the glass slipped from my hand again.
मैं बहुत फूहड़ हूँ; गिलास फिर मेरे हाथ से फिसल गया।
- Don't give the glass bottles to Radhika's little brother; he's a butterfingers.
काँच की बोतलें राधिका के छोटे भाई को मत दीजिए; उसके हाथ से चीज़ें गिर जाती हैं।
- The wicketkeeper was labelled a butterfingers by the press.
विकेटकीपर को प्रेस ने butterfingers कहा।
- She laughed at herself for being such a butterfingers.
ऐसी चीज़ें गिराने वाली होने पर वह स्वयं पर हँस पड़ी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He is a butterfinger.
✓ He is a butterfingers.
The noun keeps the final s even for one person.
यह संज्ञा एक व्यक्ति के लिए भी अंतिम s के साथ रहती है।
✗ My cousin are a butterfingers.
✓ My cousin is a butterfingers.
The subject cousin is singular, so the verb is is.
Subject 'cousin' एकवचन है, इसलिए verb 'is' होगी।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words describe clumsiness, but they point to different habits.
ये शब्द अनाड़ीपन बताते हैं, पर अलग-अलग आदतों की ओर संकेत करते हैं।
Someone who drops or fails to catch things.
चीज़ें गिरा देने या न पकड़ पाने वाला।
- Such a butterfingers.
klutz
An informal word for a generally clumsy person.
आम तौर पर अनाड़ी व्यक्ति के लिए अनौपचारिक शब्द।
- He is a klutz.
fumbler
Someone who handles things awkwardly, often nervously.
चीज़ों को अनाड़ी ढंग से, अक्सर घबराहट में पकड़ने वाला।
- A fumbler with keys.
§Grammar and usage
Butterfingers ends in s but is used as a singular noun, often as an exclamation.
Butterfingers के अंत में s होता है, फिर भी इसे singular noun की तरह प्रयोग किया जाता है, अक्सर exclamation के रूप में।