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Definition of klutz in English: klutznoun klʌtskləts North American informal A clumsy, awkward, or foolish person. 〈非正式,主北美〉笨手笨脚的人;傻瓜 Example sentencesExamples - For 10 weeks you wander around feeling like a newbie, if not a complete klutz, then much to your surprise, people start asking you for advice.
- My mom was upset, but Kim and I started giggling because we know we're both such klutzes.
- All your friends and colleagues know what a klutz you are, and no matter how careful you are whenever you eat or drink something, you still manage to stain your clothes on a regular basis.
- She fell to the ground, probably looking like a complete klutz.
- Many people who are lifestyle athletes as adults were ‘the skinny kids ‘or the klutzes in school.’
- I freely admit that I'm a klutz when it comes to sharpening knives.
- Now, you have to understand, Alaia has always been a klutz.
- He had even grabbed a plate before it fell from her hands while clearing the table, and hadn't made any smart comments about her being a klutz.
- I hate to tell you this dearie, but Cody's always been a bit of a clumsy klutz.
- John still thinks I'm the biggest klutz to walk the earth.
- The machine was sturdily built, and was designed to withstand kids, klutzes, messy accidents, and just about anything that might occur in the average American home.
- You see, I am a bit of a klutz when it comes to the kitchen, and at dinner-parties and family gatherings am usually demoted to corkscrew attendant so I can't get my hands on anything other people might have to eat.
- There's a way to do this if you're real careful and delicate with the controls but I'm your basic klutz and what I keep doing is hitting the buttons wrong and losing my place.
- Allen is a complete klutz when it comes to women and relationships.
- I didn't even care when, in my lifelong battle with being a klutz, I dropped the scoop of ice cream off my ice cream cone on the way back to the car.
- I stumbled back holding my head and immediately tripped backwards over a chair, which I swear was strategically placed there to make me look like a bigger klutz than I already did.
- Her friend had a well-earned reputation as a klutz, and over the years
- Almost fell in Dunkin’ Donuts because the silver sandals are slippery and I'm a klutz.
- She's cute, and a klutz, she has a way of making everyone around her laugh.
- And it does it all so seamlessly that it saves lead-footed klutzes like me from all manner of problems without my even knowing it.
Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
Derivativesnounˈklʌtsɪnəs North American informal But the humor of Da Ali G Show runs deeper than the malapropisms and awkward klutziness of the characters would seem to indicate. Example sentencesExamples - After I speculated about my incredible stupidity and klutziness I stumbled into my room and managed to throw on a skirt and a top before a throbbing pain took over my head.
- How many times are you going to make me relive my own klutziness?
adjectiveklutzier, klutziestˈklʌtsiˈklətsi North American informal Clumsy, awkward, or foolish. 〈非正式,主北美〉笨手笨脚的人;傻瓜 my big klutzy hands and feet Example sentencesExamples - they can be a bit childish and klutzy at times
- I've always been kind of a klutzy person.
- This New York comedy teams him with Sandra Bullock, in full ditzy, klutzy mode: pushing the hair out of her eyes, being distracted, falling over things, etc.
- No, I've actually never seen her do anything that's klutzy, she seems pretty poised.
Origin1960s: from Yiddish klots 'wooden block'. Definition of klutz in US English: klutznounklətskləts North American informal A clumsy, awkward, or foolish person. 〈非正式,主北美〉笨手笨脚的人;傻瓜 Example sentencesExamples - I freely admit that I'm a klutz when it comes to sharpening knives.
- Allen is a complete klutz when it comes to women and relationships.
- John still thinks I'm the biggest klutz to walk the earth.
- She's cute, and a klutz, she has a way of making everyone around her laugh.
- And it does it all so seamlessly that it saves lead-footed klutzes like me from all manner of problems without my even knowing it.
- For 10 weeks you wander around feeling like a newbie, if not a complete klutz, then much to your surprise, people start asking you for advice.
- She fell to the ground, probably looking like a complete klutz.
- I didn't even care when, in my lifelong battle with being a klutz, I dropped the scoop of ice cream off my ice cream cone on the way back to the car.
- There's a way to do this if you're real careful and delicate with the controls but I'm your basic klutz and what I keep doing is hitting the buttons wrong and losing my place.
- I hate to tell you this dearie, but Cody's always been a bit of a clumsy klutz.
- All your friends and colleagues know what a klutz you are, and no matter how careful you are whenever you eat or drink something, you still manage to stain your clothes on a regular basis.
- Many people who are lifestyle athletes as adults were ‘the skinny kids ‘or the klutzes in school.’
- My mom was upset, but Kim and I started giggling because we know we're both such klutzes.
- The machine was sturdily built, and was designed to withstand kids, klutzes, messy accidents, and just about anything that might occur in the average American home.
- I stumbled back holding my head and immediately tripped backwards over a chair, which I swear was strategically placed there to make me look like a bigger klutz than I already did.
- Her friend had a well-earned reputation as a klutz, and over the years
- He had even grabbed a plate before it fell from her hands while clearing the table, and hadn't made any smart comments about her being a klutz.
- You see, I am a bit of a klutz when it comes to the kitchen, and at dinner-parties and family gatherings am usually demoted to corkscrew attendant so I can't get my hands on anything other people might have to eat.
- Almost fell in Dunkin’ Donuts because the silver sandals are slippery and I'm a klutz.
- Now, you have to understand, Alaia has always been a klutz.
Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
Origin1960s: from Yiddish klots ‘wooden block’. |