putz
Pronunciation Noun

putz (plural putzes)

  1. (slang, pejorative) Fool, idiot.
  2. (slang, pejorative) Jerk.
    Synonyms: schmuck
  3. (slang) Penis.
    Synonyms: schmuck
Verb

putz (putzes, present participle putzing; past and past participle putzed)

  1. (slang) Waste time.
    Stop putzing around.
Pronunciation 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.
Verb

putz (putzes, present participle putzing; past and past participle putzed)

  1. (Pennsylvania Dutch) To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood.



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