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klutz noun [ klʌts ]

• a clumsy, awkward, or foolish person.
Similar: oaf, ape, blunderer, bungler, hulk, butterfingers, clodhopper, clot, stumblebum, palooka, ganch, lummox, fool, idiot, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod, dope, ninny, chump, dimwit, nitwit, goon, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, loon, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, zombie, jerk, twerp, nerd, dipstick, donkey, noodle, nit, numpty, twit, ass, goat, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, divvy, nerk, charlie, mug, muppet, nyaff, balloon, sumph, gowk, gobdaw, schmuck, bozo, boob, lamer, turkey, schlepper, chowderhead, dumbhead, dumbass, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, dork, putz, schlemiel, sap,
Origin: 1930s: from Yiddish klots ‘wooden block’.


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