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fat-fingering

fat-fingering is the present participle and gerund of fat-finger.

Meaning of fat-finger

Verb

fat-finger (third-person singular simple present fat-fingers, present participle fat-fingering, simple past and past participle fat-fingered)

  1. (humorous, informal, transitive) 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.
    • Another Sprint employee speculated that someone might have fatfingered the keyboard.1995 September 8, “US West software update disconnects online users”, in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

Forms of fat-fingering

alternative formfatfingering
alternative formfat fingering

Questions about fat-fingering

What is fat-fingering the present participle and gerund of?
Fat-fingering is the present participle and gerund of fat-finger.

Words near fat-fingering in the dictionary

  1. fat-cat
  2. fat-cats
  3. fat-chewing
  4. fat-finger
  5. fat-fingered
  6. fat-fingering
  7. fat-fingers
  8. fat-free
  9. fat-gutted
  10. fat-kidneyed
  11. fat-rumped sheep

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