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Futzed vs Putzed - What's the difference?

futzed | putzed |

As verbs the difference between futzed and putzed

is that futzed is past tense of futz while putzed is past tense of putz.

futzed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (futz)

    • futz

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (vulgar, colloquial, dialectal) Female genitalia, especially the vagina
  • (vulgar, colloquial, dialectal, derogatory) An objectionable woman
    • Janet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz , ain't?

    Synonyms

    * See cunt

    Verb

  • To be frivolous and waste time
  • * 1969 ,
    • I am nobody to futz around with when I know myself to be four hundred per cent in the right.
  • To experiment by trial and error

    • Usage notes

    * Used especially in the phrase futz around.

    putzed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (putz)

    • putz

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , modern German putzen.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang) fool, idiot
  • (slang) jerk
  • (slang) penis
    • Derived terms
    * putzhead, putz-head, putz head

    Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) waste time
    • Stop putzing around.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) putz; compare archaic German . Compare the above.

    Alternative forms

    * Putz

    Noun

    (es)
  • A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
  • * 1995 , Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart , Book 4, pages 12-13:
    • The American custom of erecting a putz' seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the ' putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.
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