patzer

Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player.

Noun

  1. Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player.
    • If you have learned the principle that it is inadvisable to move the same piece twice in the opening you would probably imagine that these guys are patzers. - 2004 September 5, Nigel Short, The Sunday Telegraph:

    Synonyms: woodpusher

Origin

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

Forms

patzers potzer

Derived

patzerish