Putzed vs Putted - What's the difference?
putzed | putted |
(putz)
(slang) fool, idiot
(slang) jerk
(slang) penis
(slang) waste time
A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
* 1995 , Joe L. Wheeler,
(putt)
(golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green.
(onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
(British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
To make a putt sound.
(motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
To move along slowly.
As verbs the difference between putzed and putted
is that putzed is past tense of putz while putted is past tense of putt.putzed
English
Verb
(head)putz
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , modern German putzen.Noun
(es)Derived terms
* putzhead, putz-head, putz headVerb
(es)- Stop putzing around.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) putz; compare archaic German . Compare the above.Alternative forms
* PutzNoun
(es)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.