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Definition: Klutz |
KlutzNoun1. An awkward stupid person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "klutz" was first used: 1968. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Multilingual Slang | Yiddish (shlemiel). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: KlutzSynonyms: clod (n), gawk (n), goon (n), lout (n), lubber (n), lummox (n), lump (n), oaf (n), stumblebum (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The old man drives like such a klutz that I'm about to hurl my guts directly upon the open (A Goofy Movie; writing credit: Jymn Magon; Chris Matheson) Well, I'm guessing it's because I'm a klutz and I'm frail, and I'd keep forgetting to write down my name, or I'd faint before reaching the exam hall and be hospitalized (Rabu Hina; writing credit: Kurou Hazuki) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
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| "Klutz" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Klutz" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "klutz" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Klutz | Last name | 170 | 43,247 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
klutz | 115 |
klutz book | 16 |
klutz press | 10 |
klutz toy | 4 |
captain klutz | 3 |
klutz window art | 3 |
klan klutz ku | 2 |
klutz kwiz | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "klutz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | hülye (blithering, bozo, clot, cretin, dead above the ears, Dotty, gaga, goofy, goon, half wit, half-wit, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, jake, jay, moonstruck, moron, moronic, mutt, mutton-head, nerd, nitwit, nurd, nutter, oafish, sap-head, schmo, shmo, silly, stupid, vacuous, wacko, wart), buta ember (bimbo, bubble-headed, dimwit, dumbo, dummy, galoot, goon, goosey, jake, loggerhead, lunkhead, meatball, nit, sap, schmo, shmo, twit, yob, yobbo, zombie), balfácán (dildo, fumbler, jerk, muff, punk, sad sack, sap, screw-up, twit), ügyefogyott ember (backwoodsman, backwoodsmen, fumbler, gawk, lame duck). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utzklay.(various references) | |
Turkish | hantal tip (lout). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle High German | 1100-1500 | klotz. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "klutz": klutzes, klutzier, klutziest, klutziness, klutzinesses, klutzy. (additional references) | |
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"Klutz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clutz, kiut, Kleth, Kletz, Klisz, klitz, klootzak, klut, klute, klutsy, kluze, koltun, kult, kut, Kuts, Kutz, kuz, slutz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "klutz" (pronounced klu"ts) |
| 4 | -l u" t s | gluts, Lutz. |
| 3 | -u" t s | abuts, buts, Butts, cuts, guts, huts, juts, mutts, nuts, putts, putz, ruts, shuts, struts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "k-l-t-u-z" | |
-1 letter: lutz. | |
-3 letters: ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "k-l-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: klutzy. | |
+2 letters: klutzes. | |
+3 letters: klutzier. | |
+4 letters: klutziest. | |
+5 letters: klutziness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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