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klutz
/
klʌts
/
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[
kluhts
]
Show IPA
noun
Slang
.
1.
a clumsy,
awkward
person.
2.
a stupid or foolish person; blockhead.
Origin:
1965–70,
Americanism
;
<
Yiddish
klots
literally, wooden beam <
Middle High German
kloc
(
German
Klotz
)
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World English Dictionary
klutz
(klʌts)
—
n
slang
(
US
), (
Canadian
) a clumsy or stupid person
[from German
Klotz
dolt; compare
clot
]
'klutzy
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
klutz
1965 (implied in klutzy), Amer.Eng., from Yiddish klots "clumsy person, blockhead," lit. "block, lump," from M.H.G. klotz "lump, ball."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
klutz definition
[kləts] and [klɑts]
and klotz
n.
a stupid and clumsy person. :
Don't be a klutz!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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