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putz

[ puhts ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. fool; jerk.
  2. Vulgar. penis.


putz

/ pʌts /

noun

  1. slang.
    a despicable or stupid person


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Word History and Origins

Origin of putz1

1900–05; < Yiddish puts literally, ornament, finery, probably noun derivative of putsn to clean, shine; compare early modern German butzen to decorate ( German putzen to clean, brighten)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of putz1

from Yiddish puts ornament

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Example Sentences

By contrast, Anglophones have been using words like schmuck, putz, mamzer, and gonif for only a century or so.

All I could see then was a bunch of black ropy arms tangled around what looked like, as Putz described it to you, an ostrich.

I let out a yell and dashed for the rocket; Putz opened the door and in I went, laughing and crying and shouting!

He stared at Putz, who had come in silently, his face and hands blackened with carbon, and seated himself beside Harrison.

But this is his Majesty's day for being polished; and just now his august presence is thickly smeared with putz-pomade.

Before I finish wearing you out with these descriptions of my friends I must tell you all about the "Putz."

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