ham-fisted

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæmˌfɪstɪd/
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From ham (“thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat”) + fisted (adjective), probably referring to someone being clumsy as if they have hams at the end of their arms instead of hands.

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: несръ́чен (nesrǎ́čen) — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Chinese Mandarin: 笨手笨腳的 /笨手笨脚的 (bènshǒubènjiǎo de) — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Dutch: lomp — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Dutch: onbeholpen — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Dutch: onhandig — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Finnish: kömpelö — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Finnish: poropeukalo — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• French: maladroit — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• German: plump — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• German: unbeholfen — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Bavarian German: påtschert — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Hungarian: ügyetlen — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Norwegian: klomsete — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Norwegian: klønete — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Portuguese: desengonçado — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Russian: нело́вкий (nelóvkij) — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Russian: неуклю́жий (neukljúžij) — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Serbo-Croatian: нѐспретан — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Serbo-Croatian: nèspretan — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy
• Swedish: valhänt — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands — see also clumsy