klutz
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8.2
- noun
- /klʌts/
- Offensive
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patoso
- She often drops things and bumps into furniture, making everyone call her a klutz.
- a bit of a klutz
- a big klutz
- a total klutz
Finally, the best I can manage was I'm so sorry, I'm such a klutz.
- Finally, the best I can manage was I'm so sorry, I'm such a klutz.
- A police officer order, yet a klutz and a woman Chaos.
- And this bottle has no lid on it, so it gets knocked over and then you've got some klutz that comes by and then bites it.
Examples
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I was a big klutz.
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Here's the thing: I'm a ridiculous klutz with a poor sense of balance.
Blog text (16) -
I am such a klutz.
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I feel like such a klutz.
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"I guess every class has to have a klutz."
Fiction book (1999) -
The student running the show was a klutz.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nice kid, but what a klutz.
Fiction book (1991) -
Really, I'm such a klutz.
Fiction book (2000) -
I am a total klutz on crutches.
Blog text (7) -
But, he's the nicest klutz on the team!
Blog text (23)
Synonyms
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7.7
A person who is awkward or slow to do things
2
9.9
A large clumsy person who often knocks things over
2
9.9
A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
1
8.1
A person who is clumsy and often seems not clever
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3.4
A person who moves awkwardly and often drops or breaks things
A clumsy person who often drops or breaks things
How Clumsy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Klutz comes from the Yiddish word klots and the German klotz, both meaning 'block' or 'piece of wood'. Imagine a heavy wooden block that cannot move smoothly; that's why a klutz is a clumsy, awkward person.