Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clumsy person.
- noun A stupid person; a dolt.
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- noun US, pejorative A
clumsy orstupid person ; anoaf .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They had seen Moses come down the hill and trip with the tablets, which is when the word klutz was invented.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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Making her an absolute klutz is neither humanizing nor redeeming.
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Making her an absolute klutz is neither humanizing nor redeeming.
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“Well, I wouldn’t use the word klutz,” Mrs. Everly said.
The Good House Tananarive Due 2003
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The young guy on the weak team looks like a real klutz, which is odd for a professional gamer who should have high hand-eye coordination.
Gabon : Bev Vincent 2008
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I'm known as the klutz in the family, the person without hands-on practical skills -- this is probably a function of being the baby of my generation, combined with my genuine lack of physical coordination -- so I feel good whenever I can do something useful.
Mom's Home Susan Palwick 2007
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I'm known as the klutz in the family, the person without hands-on practical skills -- this is probably a function of being the baby of my generation, combined with my genuine lack of physical coordination -- so I feel good whenever I can do something useful.
Archive 2007-04-01 Susan Palwick 2007
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Self-described "klutz" and "class clown" Melissa Birdsong wanted to be made into a beauty queen.
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Google is giving you all this free opportunity, Rupert, so if you can't make money out of it you must be some kind of klutz, right?
The Register 2009
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It would be like taking a klutz like me and deciding that since basketball stars make so much money, every childâincluding me when I was oneâ regardless of interest and natural ability should receive substantial coaching in basketball to even out the field.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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