yutz

Y4U1T1Z10
/jʌts/

noun

A foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.

“I'm not busy, I'm just yutzing around on Wiktionary.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

yutz1

nounyutz (plural yutzes)

plural yutzes

verbyutz (third-person singular simple present yutzes, present participle yutzing, simple past and past participle yutzed)

present singular third person yutzes · participle present yutzing · participle past yutzed · past yutzed

  1. intransitiveslangTo waste time.

    I'm not busy, I'm just yutzing around on Wiktionary.

    Synonyms: futz, putter, putz

Yutz2

proper noun
  1. A commune of Moselle department, France.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo waste time.

Also see

Origin

From Yiddish, probably from יאָנץ (yonts).

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Translations

German Jeutz
  • Jeutza commune in France

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yutz

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Cite this entry
APA

yutz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yutz

MLA

“yutz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yutz. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yutz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yutz.

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