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noun

A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person: gawk, hulk, lout, lump¹, oaf, ox. Informal lummox. Slang lug¹, meatball, meathead. See ability/inability.

mod. foolish; stupid.  That was really a klutzy thing to do.

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noun
/klΛts/ Also klotz, kluhtz /klΛts/
Also klotz, kluhtz
noun, US

A clumsy, awkward person, esp. one who is socially inept; a fool. (1968 —) .
E.-J. Bahr Janet is an utter klotz (1973).

[From Yiddish, from German Klotz wooden block.]

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For a list of words related to klutz, see:

• Intelligence or Aptitude
• Behavior or Personality
• Yiddish Borrowings - klutz: dullard; clumsy person

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klodsmajor, klods

Nederlands (Dutch)
klungel, dwaas

Français (French)
n. - (US) empoté, manche

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tolpatsch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπουμπούνας, χαϊβάνι

Italiano (Italian)
persona sgraziata, persona stupida

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) desajeitada, estúpido (m)

Русский (Russian)
увалень, недотепа

Español (Spanish)
n. - torpe, ganso, patoso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fumlig, klumpig person, klumpeduns, trögtänkt person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
笨手笨脚的人, 笨蛋

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 笨手笨腳的人, 笨蛋

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 솜씨 없는 사람, 멍청이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不器用なやつ, ばか, 不器用な人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص أحمق أو أخرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם מגושם, טיפש (צפון-אמריקה)‬

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