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yutz

/jʌts/

yutz noun: a foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.

Noun

yutz (plural yutzes)

  1. (US, derogatory) A foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.

Verb

yutz (third-person singular simple present yutzes, present participle yutzing, simple past and past participle yutzed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To waste time.
    • I'm not busy, I'm just yutzing around on Wiktionary.
    Synonyms:
    futz, putter, putz

Proper noun capitalized: Yutz

Yutz

  1. A commune of Moselle department, France.

Synonyms of yutz

Forms of yutz

Noun
pluralyutzes
Verb
third-person singular presentyutzes
present participleyutzing
past participleyutzed
pastyutzed

Origin of yutz

From Yiddish, probably from יאָנץ (yonts).

Words that rhyme with yutz

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about yutz

What does yutz mean?
Yutz means a foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.
What part of speech is yutz?
Yutz can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yutz?
Yutz is pronounced /jʌts/.
What is the plural of yutz?
The plural of yutz is yutzes.

Words near yutz in the dictionary

  1. yutes
  2. Yutian
  3. Yutien
  4. yutnori
  5. yutori education
  6. yutz
  7. yutzes
  8. Yutzy
  9. Yutzys
  10. yuuge
  11. Yuulngu

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