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KLUTZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does klutz mean?
• KLUTZ (noun)
The noun KLUTZ has 1 sense:
1. (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
Familiarity information: KLUTZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("klutz" is a kind of...):
dolt; dullard; pillock; poor fish; pudden-head; pudding head; stupe; stupid; stupid person (a person who is not very bright)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
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