klutz

[ kluhts ]
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nounSlang.
  1. a clumsy, awkward person.

  2. a stupid or foolish person; blockhead.

Origin of klutz

1
1965–70, Americanism;<Yiddish klots literally, wooden beam <Middle High German kloc (German Klotz)

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How to use klutz in a sentence

  • Letty had been strangely content with her German lessons from Herr klutz.

    The Benefactress | Elizabeth Beauchamp
  • "I do not want cheap wisdom like that," cried klutz, his eyes ablaze.

    The Benefactress | Elizabeth Beauchamp
  • klutz signified by a movement of his head that nothing was wrong at Lohm.

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  • Axel was fairly certain that klutz had set fire to the stables.

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  • klutz feebly tried to push the glass away, but Dellwig insisted.

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British Dictionary definitions for klutz

klutz

/ (klʌts) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian slang a clumsy or stupid person

Origin of klutz

1
from German Klotz dolt; compare clot

Derived forms of klutz

  • klutzy, adjective

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