Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, informal)Synonym of woodpusher: a poor chess player.

    a poor chess player

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Patzer sees check, patzer gives check.

    Жовтодзьоб бачить шах, жовтодзьоб шахує. — deniko

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  2. He is an inferior chess player, a patzer.

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Origin

Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.

Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.

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Forms

plural: patzers
Singularpatzer
Pluralpatzers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpatzerish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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