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klutziness

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klutz⋅y

  [kluht-see]
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–adjective, klutz⋅i⋅er, klutz⋅i⋅est. Slang.
1. clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.
2. unwieldy; bulky or awkward: a klutzy pair of boots.
3. inept or thoughtless; boneheaded: a klutzy remark.
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; klutz + -y 1

Related forms:
klutz⋅i⋅ness, noun
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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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klutzy [ˈklətsi]

  1. mod.
    foolish; stupid. : That was really a klutzy thing to do.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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