utz

present singular third person utzes · participle present utzing · participle past utzed · past utzed

1. transitiveTo prod; goad; push someone's buttons

   Since you saved my life you decided you have the right to run it. You’ve utzed me along every step of the way. You’ve hammered, drove, pushed, shoved, and if that wasn’t enough, you’d looked at me with those great big cow eyes of yours … and I’d melt and go along. — Bing Crosby, White Christmas.

   2 more examples

   He picked up several large canteloupes, hefted them for weight, then utzed the farmer, “Hey, can't you sabras grow bigger peaches than these?”

   1992, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yinglish

   The girl with the auburn hair was lingering, too. Her name was Susan. She was talking with the blonde who had utzed her to talk to Vonnegut.

   2008, Steve Almond, Not That You Asked

plural Utzes

1. A surname.