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klutz

  [kluhts]
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–noun Slang.
1. a clumsy, awkward person.
2. a stupid or foolish person; blockhead.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; < Yiddish klots lit., wooden beam < MHG kloc (G Klotz)
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klutz   (klŭts)   
n.   Slang

  1. A clumsy person.

  2. A stupid person; a dolt.


[Yiddish klots, from Middle High German kloz, block, lump, from Old High German.]
klutz'i·ness n., klutz'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
klutz [kləts] and [klɑts]

and klotz
  1. 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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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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