An epithet which, applied to a person, dehumanizes hir as an obstacle...something in the way...a hindrance (to one's progress).
I made this word up circa 1978(it SOUNDS Yiddish but it's not!). It began as "putts", iow, people in traffic ahead of me who were just "puttin'" along in their slow-assed cars.
"Come on, ya putz! Move yer ass! I'm late for work here!"