putz
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9.9
- noun
- /pʌts/
- Offensive
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idiota
- What a putz, I wonder how much money he was promised that he couldn't cancel.
- call him a putz
- Teddy is a putz
- Just like a putz
But it's one of the, I mean, Jason, who's kind of a putz dies sitting under the Argos.
- But it's one of the, I mean, Jason, who's kind of a putz dies sitting under the Argos.
Examples
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Now how'd you like the people in your district to think of you as the putz who tripled their electric bill?
Fiction book (1992) -
Sounds like a real putz.
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What did this putz think?
Fiction book (1999) -
This putz was trying to steal my title.
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Oh, the putz will probably be mayor someday.
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What a useless putz this Gary North is.
Blog text (19) -
That guy's a putz.
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A real putz.
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He's a putz.
Fiction book (2001) -
If anyone was a putz, it was me for saying what I said.
Synonyms
59
8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or careless way
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
2
8.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.9
A person who wastes time and does little work
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9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
A person who is very foolish and bad at what they do
Antonyms
Idioms
How Insulting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Putz comes from Yiddish and older German words like putzen 'to clean' and Putz 'decoration'. In Yiddish the word became a rude term and then a way to call someone foolish or worthless, so a putz today means an idiot or a jerk.