plotz

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US/ˈplɑts/UK/ˈplɒts/

verb

To flop down wearily.

OriginYiddish פּלאַצן →
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Meanings

verbplotz (third-person singular simple present plotzes, present participle plotzing, simple past and past participle plotzed)

present singular third person plotzes · participle present plotzing · participle past plotzed · past plotzed

  1. intransitiveTo flop down wearily.
  2. intransitiveTo faint.
  3. intransitiveTo fall down dead.

Origin

  1. Yiddishפּלאַצן“to split, crack, burst, explode”
  2. Englishplotz

From Yiddish פּלאַצן (platsn, “to split, crack, burst, explode”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

plotz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotz

MLA

“plotz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plotz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotz.

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