putzed; putzing; putzes
US, informal
: to spend time in an aimless or idle manner : putter, fool around
—usually + around
But come July or August, I invariably find myself putzing around the kitchen, making something sort of weird, like potato-Roquefort salad sandwiches, heavy on the dill.—
Karen MacNeil
Karen MacNeilExamples of putz in a Sentence
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J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 23 Mar. 2020
Yoda: Don’t underestimate the wizened little green guy putzing around with a lightsaber.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
But don’t putz around and let another session go by without housing reform.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
Really made just for putzing around in the woods, but stick some road-like tires on it and race it on a compacted-dirt track, why not?
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 5 Sep. 2019
She and her dad would spend the weekends putzing around race tracks, talking their way into hospitality tents, begging team owners for a shot.
—Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2018
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For residents of the Bay Area’s fancy, new, tricked-out condo and apartment towers, the coronavirus lockdown is more than a mandate to stay home and putz around in your slippers.
—J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 23 Mar. 2020
Yoda: Don’t underestimate the wizened little green guy putzing around with a lightsaber.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
But don’t putz around and let another session go by without housing reform.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
Really made just for putzing around in the woods, but stick some road-like tires on it and race it on a compacted-dirt track, why not?
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 5 Sep. 2019
She and her dad would spend the weekends putzing around race tracks, talking their way into hospitality tents, begging team owners for a shot.
—Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2018
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“Putz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putz. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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