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Definition fat finger in British English

fat finger noun

noun
1

used to describe the situation of accidentally pressing the wrong button when entering details on a keyboard

Example

A 'fat finger' - or typing error on a trade order- is being blamed for a sudden 1% drop in the FTSE 100.

Definition fat finger in British English