fat-finger

UK /ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡə/ US /ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡɚ/

verb 1noun 1

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verb

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.

However the other day I fatfingered a web request and got a Charter Communications not found result page

noun

Alternative form of fat finger.

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Another Sprint employee speculated that someone might have fatfingered the keyboard.

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However the other day I fatfingered a web request and got a Charter Communications not found result page

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“Evidently, someone said they ‘fat-fingered’ a trade, meaning they accidentally put it in for billions instead of millions,” Snyder said.

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i Register

In some senses, fat-finger is marked as informal, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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