Yutz

//jʌts// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person. US, derogatory
Verb
  1. 1
    To waste time. intransitive, slang

    "I'm not busy, I'm just yutzing around on Wiktionary."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A commune of Moselle department, France.

Example

More examples

"I'm not busy, I'm just yutzing around on Wiktionary."

Etymology

From Yiddish, probably from יאָנץ (yonts).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.