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klutz

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/klʌts/
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/klʌts/ · /klʊts/

Definition of klutz

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, derogatory)A clumsy or stupid person.
    “Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!”
    “"Out of [one abortion doctor's] first six months of work, there are nine malpractice suits ... After it was apparent the guy was a klutz, they kept using him, and trying to cover for him, because they couldn't find another provider."”
    “"Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz." / Melissa: "Use a lot of Yiddish back in Texas, do you?"”
    “I bumped into the coffee table. "Sorry about that table. Don't worry, you should see me, Qanta. I am the klutz! I am always doing that!" She giggled at her clumsiness while I giggled at a Saudi using idiomatic Yiddish.”
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noun

  1. (US, derogatory)A clumsy or stupid person.
    “Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!”
    “"Out of [one abortion doctor's] first six months of work, there are nine malpractice suits ... After it was apparent the guy was a klutz, they kept using him, and trying to cover for him, because they couldn't find another provider."”
    “"Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz." / Melissa: "Use a lot of Yiddish back in Texas, do you?"”
    “I bumped into the coffee table. "Sorry about that table. Don't worry, you should see me, Qanta. I am the klutz! I am always doing that!" She giggled at her clumsiness while I giggled at a Saudi using idiomatic Yiddish.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.

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