Putz

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pÊŒts/, /pÊŠts/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒts

From Yiddish פּוץ (puts, "jerk, fool, penis"), probably a noun derivative of פּוצן (putsn, "to clean, shine"); compare early modern German butzen ("to decorate"), modern German putzen.

Full definition of putz

Noun

1. (slang) fool, idiot
2. (slang) jerk
3. (slang) penis

Alternative forms

• putz-head (also putz head or putzhead), a personal insult

Verb

1. (slang) waste timeStop putzing around.

From Pennsylvania German putz; compare archaic German Putz ("ornament, decoration, finery"), putzen ("to clean; decorate").

Alternative forms

• Putz

Noun

1. A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
• 1995, Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart, Book 4, pages 12-13:The American custom of erecting a putz seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.----