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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.klutz - (Yiddish) a clumsy doltklutz - (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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Although I had until recently (I hope) managed to disguise my klutziness from my colleagues, it is something I am famous for among my old school friends.
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When I prop a leg up on the soap dish to shave in the shower, I think about the combination of running water, soap and my natural klutziness, and I can't help but imagine what an undignified sight I'll make when the authorities burst through.
Elegy for a Friend: He Perished Alone And Far Too Young by Sara Vilkomerson / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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