different between shmuck vs putz
shmuck
English
Noun
shmuck (plural shmucks)
- Alternative spelling of schmuck
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putz
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)
- (slang, derogatory) Fool, idiot.
- (slang, derogatory) Jerk.
- Synonym: schmuck
- (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)
- (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)
- 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.
- 1995, Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart, Book 4, pages 12-13:
Verb
putz (third-person singular simple present putzes, present participle putzing, simple past and past participle putzed)
- (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
- (slang) Used to emphasize something that has gone wrong.
- Synonym: putz grila
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