putz

noun

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\ ˈpəts

Definition of putz

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 US, informal : a stupid, foolish, or ineffectual person : jerk

2 US, vulgar slang : penis

putz

verb

putzed; putzing; putzes

Definition of putz (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

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

Examples of putz in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb 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 Yoda: Don’t underestimate the wizened little green guy putzing around with a lightsaber. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019 Yoda: Don’t underestimate the wizened little green guy putzing around with a lightsaber. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019 Yoda: Don’t underestimate the wizened little green guy putzing around with a lightsaber. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019 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 See More

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