Etymology

utz

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Today it means: To prod; goad; push someone's buttons Full definition →

German uzen
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromuzen“to kid; tease”
  2. English todayutz

Probably borrowed from German uzen (“to kid; tease”).

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