Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A supposed cause of typographical errors, especially keyboard errors, caused from erroneous key presses or typing errors on touchscreen devices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, humorous, idiomatic, informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
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”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
From the idea that a finger that is too fat or large is likely to accidentally press one or more keys other than the intended one.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
