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klutz /klʌts /noun informal, chiefly North AmericanA clumsy, awkward, or foolish person.I hate to tell you this dearie, but Cody's always been a bit of a clumsy klutz....- My mom was upset, but Kim and I started giggling because we know we're both such klutzes.
- Almost fell in Dunkin’ Donuts because the silver sandals are slippery and I'm a klutz.
Derivativesklutziness noun ...- How many times are you going to make me relive my own klutziness?
- After I speculated about my incredible stupidity and klutziness I stumbled into my room and managed to throw on a skirt and a top before a throbbing pain took over my head.
- But the humor of Da Ali G Show runs deeper than the malapropisms and awkward klutziness of the characters would seem to indicate.
klutzy /ˈklʌtsi / adjective (klutzier, klutziest) ...- This New York comedy teams him with Sandra Bullock, in full ditzy, klutzy mode: pushing the hair out of her eyes, being distracted, falling over things, etc.
- No, I've actually never seen her do anything that's klutzy, she seems pretty poised.
- I've always been kind of a klutzy person.
Origin1960s: from Yiddish klots 'wooden block'. Rhymesfutz, Smuts |