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Klutz

//klʌts// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A clumsy or stupid person. US, derogatory

    "Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!"

  2. 2
    (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt wordnet

Etymology

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

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