German

Noun

Putz m ‎(genitive Putzes, plural Putze)

1. plaster (mixture for coating walls and ceilings)

Declension

Synonyms

• Gips

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌts/
• Rhymes: -ʌts

Noun

putz ‎(plural putzes)

1. (slang) Fool, idiot.
2. (slang) Jerk.
3. (slang) ****.

Derived terms

• putzhead, putz-head, putz head

Verb

putz ‎(third-person singular simple present putzes, present participle putzing, simple past and past participle putzed)

1. (slang) Waste time.

   Stop putzing around.

Etymology 2

From Pennsylvania German Putz; compare archaic German Putz ‎(“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen ‎(“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊts/
• Rhymes: -ʊts

Alternative forms

• Putz

Noun

putz ‎(plural putzes)

1. A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
   • 1995, Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart, Book 4, pages 12-13:

     The American custom of erecting a putz seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.

Portuguese

Interjection

putz

1. (slang) Used to emphasize something that has gone wrong.

   Putz, meu carro quebrou.