plotz

[plots]

verb (used without object)

Slang.

1. to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plotz¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish platsn literally, “to crack, split, burst,” from Middle High German blatzen, platzen

Example Sentences

To us, it sounds comically quaint; Queen Victoria would have plotzed from mortification.

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It’s enough to make Italian marketers plotz, as we say in New York.

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