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klutz
This page is about the slang term klutz
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Meaning
a clumsy or foolish person
For example
- Why did you tell Barney to pick up the glassware? He's a klutz so he'd be bound to break something.
- All he had to do was catch a simple pop-up and we would've won the Baseball World Series. But he dropped it! What a klutz!
Variety
This is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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Contributor: Matt Errey