putz

Other forms of putz

plural

putzes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about putz

What does putz mean?

putz means "(Yiddish) a fool; an idiot". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in putz?

putz has 1 syllable: putz. In IPA it is /ˈpʌts/.

What is another word for putz?

Close synonyms include cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is putz a common word?

putz is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.