fat-finger

verb

fat-fin·​ger ˈfat-ˌfiŋ-gər 

variants or less commonly fat finger

fat-fingered also fat fingered; fat-fingering also fat fingering; fat-fingers also fat fingers

transitive verb

informal

: to type or press (something) accidentally especially by touching more than one key, button, etc. at once

… I'd accidentally fat-fingered a hospital emoji in a text to my wife. It was only hours later that I could clear things up.

—Herb Terns

fat-finger adjective

or less commonly fat-fingered

informal

a fat-finger typo

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above