Klutz

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klÊŒts/Rhymes: -ÊŒts

Origin

From the Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, "wooden beam"), cognate with German Klotz ("block, lump").

Noun

1. (US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.
• "Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz."
  

• — Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra.
• "Out of abortion doctor's first six months of work, there are nine malpractice suits ... After it was apparent the guy was a klutz, they kept using him, and trying to cover for him, because they couldn't find another provider."— Dr. Robert Crist, abortion doctor, St. Petersburg Times, June 3, 1990