klutz
noun
ˈkləts 
: a clumsy person
klutziness
ˈklət-sē-nəs
noun klutzy
ˈklət-sē
adjective 
Synonyms
- butterfingers
- dub
- looby
- lubber
- lummox
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Example Sentences
I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor. how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?
Recent Examples on the Web Phillipa Soo’s Cinderella is a gentle-souled, indecisive dreamer — and a pratfalling klutz with a sharp but guileless sense of humor. 
Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 July 2022 Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2019 But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes. Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2019 While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2019 Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz, dreams of being a nightclub performer. Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018 Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 20 May 2017 Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes. Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2011 See More
Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 July 2022 Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2019 But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes. Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2019 While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2019 Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz, dreams of being a nightclub performer. Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018 Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 20 May 2017 Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes. Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2011 See More Word History
Etymology
Yiddish klots, literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass — more at clout
First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
klutz
noun
ˈkləts
: a clumsy person
klutziness
noun
as in clumsiness
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clumsiness
- awkwardness
- gawkiness
- gracelessness
- ungainliness
- disability
- gaucheness
- inability
- ham-handedness
- incapacity
- incapability
- gawkishness
- impairment
- incapacitation
- unhandiness
- heavy-handedness
- debilitation
- disablement
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dexterity
- agility
- nimbleness
- spryness
- deftness
- coordination
- gracefulness
- sleight
- litheness
- limberness
- flexibility
- suppleness
- loose-jointedness
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