plotz

Edit

Pronunciations

plotz (PLAHTS) listen

Record a Pronunciation

Definitions

  • v. To split, to burst, to explode.

  • v. To be extremely aggravated.

  • n. A seat, place.

  • v. To plop down; to collapse into a seat from exhaustion.

  • View More

Example Sentences

  • "The news was so wonderful I almost plotzed when I heard it!"

  • "Save me a platz!"

  • “From so much pleasure, one could plotz!" (NJY)

  • “His heart will plotz from such suffering.” (NJY)

  • “Is he a comedian? Why, the whole theater plotzed!” (NJY)

  • View More

Record a Sentence

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Yiddish פּלאַצן platsn 'to crack, split; (patience) give out; (plan) burst, fizzle out'


    Yiddish פּלאַץ plats 'place'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).

      Alternative Spellings

      platz, plots, plats

Notes


Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: