Putz

//pʌts// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A fool, an idiot. derogatory, slang

    "“The excitement of our friendship made me overlook my vampire powers.” “Hi.” “My foreskin grew back very fast. Now he thinks I'm meshuggener, which means he thinks I'm a little bit of a putz.”"

  2. 2
    A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.

    "The American custom of erecting a putz seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform."

  3. 3
    obscene terms for penis wordnet
  4. 4
    A jerk. derogatory, slang

    "And, (4), we’re not really even seeing “characters” at all: it’s not Major Frank Burns, pathetic self-important putz from Fort Wayne, Indiana; it’s Larry Linville of Ojai, California, actor stoic enough to endure thousands of letters (still coming in, even in syndication) from pseudo-voyeurs berating him for being a putz from Indiana."

  5. 5
    (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot wordnet
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  1. 6
    The penis. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To waste time. intransitive, slang

    "Stop putzing around."

  2. 2
    To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood. German, Pennsylvania, intransitive

    "Once all good Moravians in Bethlehem went putzing between Christmas and Twelfth Night to take a look at their friends' cribs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָץ (pots, “penis, fool”). Compare similar semantic developments in futz.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָץ (pots, “penis, fool”). Compare similar semantic developments in futz.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Putz; compare German Putz (“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen (“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Putz; compare German Putz (“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen (“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from German Putz or Pütz.

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