Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Slang A fool; an idiot.
- noun Vulgar Slang A penis.
- intransitive verb To behave in an idle manner; putter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the Moravians, a Christmas decoration. Its essential is an evergreen tree, representing the tree of life. It is laden with nuts and fruit. See the extract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fool; a jerk.
- noun Vulgar The penis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
decoration orornament in theNativity tradition, usually placed under aChristmas tree . - noun slang
fool ,idiot - noun slang
jerk - noun slang
penis - verb slang waste time
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun obscene terms for penis
- noun (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you think that putz is a friend to ANY outdoorsman, you are a fool.
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Or that putz is an okay word to use in polite company.
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The word putz (sounds like foots), comes from the German word putzen.
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January 12th, 2010 at 4: 38 pm dietrich says: no nothing putz, that is.
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Yis, ai putz a kaje arownd da smal plantz soze kittehz nawt lub it tu def b4 groze big enuf.
Frank couldn’t believe his eyes. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Other's were too busy trying out their best Yiddish vocabulary, calling me everything from a "schmuck" to a "putz" -- aren't they the same thing?
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The putz is a 10-minute narrated miniature nativity scene with five panels that light up as a narrator tells the story of Jesus 'birth.
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Half of the putz is a scene of Bethlehem; the other half depicts an early American farm village.
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What kind of putz would have the chutzpah to make that claim?
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By the way a "putz" is a little penis, so he might want to order the fried calamari instead of the onion rings.
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madmouth commented on the word putz
"What a putz!"
April 13, 2009