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klutz

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5 lettersPronunciation /klʌts/Part of speech nounSorted kltuzStarts with KEnds with Z0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt

Word origin

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.

Used in a sentence

  • Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!
  • "Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz." / Melissa: "Use a lot of Yiddish back in Texas, do you?"
  • I bumped into the coffee table. "Sorry about that table. Don't worry, you should see me, Qanta. I am the klutz! I am always doing that!" She giggled at her clumsiness while I giggled at a Saudi using idiomatic Yiddish.

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