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HAM-FISTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ham-fisted mean?
• HAM-FISTED (adjective)
The adjective HAM-FISTED has 1 sense:
1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Familiarity information: HAM-FISTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Synonyms:
bumbling; bungling; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed; handless; heavy-handed; left-handed
Context example:
could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature
Similar:
maladroit (not adroit)
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