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Putz vs Putts - What's the difference?

putz | putts |

As nouns the difference between putz and putts

is that putz is plaster (mixture for coating walls and ceilings) while putts is .

As a verb putts is

(putt).

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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    putts

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (putt)
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