I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.
how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?
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While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025 Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024 Gender-flipping a few genre tropes — like showing the guy as the klutz and having the girl chase him down to proclaim her love — no longer passes for subversive.—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025 While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025 Playing Dawn Summers, Trachtenberg joined the show in 2000, as Buffy's younger sister, who was at times bratty, sulky, and a bit of a klutz — but nonetheless offered a new and exciting sibling dynamic for the show to explore.—Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024 On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.—John Burek, PCMAG, 10 July 2024 In the beginning, Black’s Po was a klutz who trained himself to earn the title of Dragon Warrior, a name given to his region’s greatest martial artist.—Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Word History
Etymology
Yiddish klots, literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass — more at clout
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