Definition of putz
(Entry 1 of 2)
putz
verb
putzed; putzing; putzes
Definition of putz (Entry 2 of 2)
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
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The first known use of putz was in 1928
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