different between puts vs putz

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ts/

Verb

puts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of put

Noun

puts

1. plural of put

See also

• putz

Anagrams

• sput, supt., tups

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• putsu

Etymology

From Latin puteus. Compare Romanian pu?.

Noun

puts n (plural putsuri)

1. well

See also

• fãntãnã

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?puts/
• Rhymes: -uts

Verb

puts

1. second-person singular present indicative form of pudir

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly from either Middle Low German putse, pütte (“wet hole, spring, cave”), pute (“sexual organ”), or German Pfütze (“puddle”). Cognate to Votic puttsi.

Noun

puts (genitive putsi, partitive putsi)

1. (vulgar) female genitalia, especially the vulva

Declension

Synonyms

• vitt

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Homophone: putts

Noun

puts c

1. plaster

Related terms

• putsa

Anagrams

• stup

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish ?????? (pots, “penis, fool”). Compare similar semantic developments in futz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

putz (plural putzes)

1. (slang, derogatory) Fool, idiot.
2. (slang, derogatory) Jerk.

   Synonym: schmuck
3. (slang) Penis.

   Synonym: schmuck

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.

   Synonym: futz

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• Putz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably a euphemistic form of puta.

Alternative forms

• puts

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?puts/, [?put?s]

Interjection

putz

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

   Synonym: putz grila