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finger trouble

finger trouble noun: fumbling use of the fingers that causes mistakes to occur, especially the pressing of wrong buttons on a machine or wrong keys on a keyboard.

Noun

finger trouble (uncountable)

  1. Fumbling use of the fingers that causes mistakes to occur, especially the pressing of wrong buttons on a machine or wrong keys on a keyboard.
    • I had some finger trouble and began my letter 'Dead Sir or Madman'.

Questions about finger trouble

What does finger trouble mean?
Finger trouble means fumbling use of the fingers that causes mistakes to occur, especially the pressing of wrong buttons on a machine or wrong keys on a keyboard.
What part of speech is finger trouble?
Finger trouble is a noun.

Words near finger trouble in the dictionary

  1. finger tight
  2. finger to the wind
  3. finger to the winds
  4. finger tree
  5. finger trees
  6. finger trouble
  7. finger tutting
  8. finger watch
  9. finger watches
  10. finger wave
  11. finger waves

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