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词汇 fat finger
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Definition of fat finger in English:

fat finger

noun
informal
  • Used to refer to clumsy or inaccurate typing, typically resulting from one finger striking two keys at the same time.

    the programming problem turned out to be a case of fat finger
    as modifier his texts are full of fat-finger mistakes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "There's a lot of fat finger errors that can occur whereas if you have open outcry sometimes, there's still a human element."
    • Due to a fat-finger error on my part, the comments for several posts back were deleted a few minutes ago.
    • It introduced a single XML schema to replace text messages and eliminate the fat finger process required to exchange information between the two modules.
    • Some reports claim the culprit was a fat finger on a computer somewhere that pressed the wrong key.
    • The TSE said the so-called "fat finger" mistake had had little impact on the market.
    • The trader, who has not been named, was executing a trade in bonds when he made what is commonly called a "fat finger" mistake.
    • But state and federal regulators say he and his son are two of the latest consumers to fall prey to a trick known as "fat finger dialing."
    • Meanwhile, have they found out yet who has the fat finger on Wall Street?
    • The company has sued rivals for allegedly stealing calls from toll-free operators through what is called a "fat-finger dialing" scheme.
verb
[with object]informal
  • Type (something) inaccurately.

    you may have fat-fingered your password
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ship spectrum data are periodically printed from AESOP and a Sailor must manually key, or "fat-finger," data into the Naval Text Message System.
    • Taylor says it was common for mechanics to "fat finger" a part number or shop order, which resulted in poor systems performance.
    • It was way too easy to fat-finger some code and not get a compile time error and not get a runtime error either until say a week or two after product goes out.

Derivatives

  • fat-fingered

  • adjective
    informal
    • It was just one digit removed from Pizza Hut, a digit fat-fingered dialers found with unnerving precision on a Friday night.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Initially, strategists speculated that a fat-fingered trader could be to blame for the early tumble, saying it appeared to have been a blip caused by a mistaken trade, possibly by someone typing in the wrong price.
      • The official explanation was that it was a fat-fingered trade, caused by someone inputting the wrong data on stock orders.
      • Even small, fat-fingered typing mistakes cause regret.
      • Talk to me about, was it the uncertainty as to what the EU would do that led to the big sell-off last Thursday and all this talk of fat-fingered trading?

Definition of fat finger in US English:

fat finger

noun
humorous, informal
  • Used to refer to clumsy or inaccurate typing, typically resulting from one finger striking two keys at the same time.

    the programming problem turned out to be a case of fat finger
    as modifier his texts are full of fat-finger mistakes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "There's a lot of fat finger errors that can occur whereas if you have open outcry sometimes, there's still a human element."
    • The TSE said the so-called "fat finger" mistake had had little impact on the market.
    • It introduced a single XML schema to replace text messages and eliminate the fat finger process required to exchange information between the two modules.
    • But state and federal regulators say he and his son are two of the latest consumers to fall prey to a trick known as "fat finger dialing."
    • The trader, who has not been named, was executing a trade in bonds when he made what is commonly called a "fat finger" mistake.
    • The company has sued rivals for allegedly stealing calls from toll-free operators through what is called a "fat-finger dialing" scheme.
    • Meanwhile, have they found out yet who has the fat finger on Wall Street?
    • Due to a fat-finger error on my part, the comments for several posts back were deleted a few minutes ago.
    • Some reports claim the culprit was a fat finger on a computer somewhere that pressed the wrong key.
verb
[with object]humorous, informal
  • Type (something) inaccurately by striking two keys at the same time with one finger.

    you may have fat-fingered your password
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Taylor says it was common for mechanics to "fat finger" a part number or shop order, which resulted in poor systems performance.
    • It was way too easy to fat-finger some code and not get a compile time error and not get a runtime error either until say a week or two after product goes out.
    • Ship spectrum data are periodically printed from AESOP and a Sailor must manually key, or "fat-finger," data into the Naval Text Message System.
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