Patzer
/ˈpætsər/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player. derogatory, informal
"If you have learned the principle that it is inadvisable to move the same piece twice in the opening you would probably imagine that these guys are patzers."
- 2 a poor chess player wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Patzer sees check, patzer gives check."
Etymology
Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.