putz
pronunciation
How to pronounce putz in British English:
UK [pʌts]
How to pronounce putz in American English:
US [pʌts]
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- Noun:
- (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
- obscene terms for penis
Word Origin
- putz (n.)
- "obnoxious man, fool," 1964, from Yiddish, from German putz, literally "finery, adornment," obviously used here in an ironic sense. Attested in writing earlier in slang sense of "penis" (1934, in "Tropic of Cancer"). A non-ironic sense is in putz "Nativity display around a Christmas tree" (1873), from Pennsylvania Dutch (German), which retains the old German sense.
Example
- 1. Putter ! Don 't be a putz ! Get in here !
- 2. My wife you 're talking about there , putz .
- 3. Study on rapid propagation of begonia rex putz .
- 4. Sounds like a real putz .
- 5. He got me really angry so I told him he was a putz .