1. fat finger - Noun
2. fat finger - Verb
fat finger (plural fat fingers)
(idiomatic, humorous, informal, also attributively) A supposed cause of typographical errors, especially keyboard errors that cause erroneous trades to be executed in financial markets, or typing errors on touchscreen devices.
fat finger (third-person singular simple present fat fingers, present participle fat fingering, simple past and past participle fat fingered)
Alternative form of fat-finger (“to type (something) erroneously on a keyboard, keypad, or touchscreen by accidentally pressing with a finger one or more keys other than the intended one”)
fat-finger (third-person singular simple present fat-fingers, present participle fat-fingering, simple past and past participle fat-fingered)
(transitive, humorous, informal) To type (something) erroneously on a keyboard, keypad, or touchscreen by accidentally pressing with a finger one or more keys other than the intended one.
fat-finger (plural fat-fingers)
Alternative form of fat finger
fat-finger