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klutz

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klutz  (klts)
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.]
klutzi·ness n.
klutzy adj.
klutz [klʌts]
n
US and Canadian slang a clumsy or stupid person
[from German Klotz dolt; compare clot]
klutzy  adj
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Noun1.klutzklutz - (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt              
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
Translations
klutz [klʌts] N (US) → patoso/a m/f, torpe mf


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