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klutz U.S. slang.|klʌts|
Also klotz, kluhtz.
[Yiddish, f. G. klotz, lit. = wooden block. Cf. clot n.]
A clumsy, awkward person, esp. one considered socially inept; a fool. Also as v. So ˈklutzy a., awkward, foolish.
1965Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 28 Aug. 51/2 The dancers look good and the artists look a little klutzy. 1968F. Mullally Munich Involvement i. 10 Look, I feel a bit of a klutz in this crumpled day suit. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 185 Two klutzes were discussing their wives. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish 276 Recent bilingual jokes about Christmas, like ‘Santa Kluhtz’. Ibid. 303 Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan has attempted a compromise between dancing and acting that too often leaves Nureyev..with nothing to do but klutz around the stage. 1970New Yorker 17 Jan. 72 The sad, klutzy ballerinas of the Music Hall pollute children's first live experience of dance. 1970Time 2 Nov. 83 Basically I'm the klutz who makes a terrific entrance to the party and then trips and falls and walks around with food in her hair. 1973E.-J. Bahr Nice Neighbourhood ix. 99 Janet is an utter klotz.
Add: ˈklutziness n., clumsiness, awkwardness.
1976Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Dec. 17/5 Tom, a grade-school boy of normal klutziness, spunk, bravado and pranks, solves the murder of a gorgeous but nasty blonde while riding a Pullman across the Prairies. 1985New Yorker 25 Feb. 82/2 Coen's style is deadpan and klutzy, and he uses the klutziness as his trump card. |