Word info

fat finger

Speech parts

1. fat finger - Noun

2. fat finger - Verb

Meaning

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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fat-finger

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