plotz
[ plots ]
/ plɒts /
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verb (used without object) Slang.
to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion.
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Origin of plotz
1940–45, Americanism;<Yiddish platsn literally, to crack, split, burst <Middle High German blatzen, platzen
Words nearby plotz
plotter, Plott hound, plotting board, plotting sheet, plotty, plotz, plotzed, plough, plough back, ploughboy, ploughman
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