Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Jewish, US, derogatory, intransitive, rare, slang)To behave like a schmuck.

  2. (Jewish, US, derogatory, rare, slang, transitive)To mash or smoosh.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Tom is a schmuck.

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  2. Don't be a schmuck.

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  3. Tom is an arrogant schmuck.

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  4. Altan is a big-time schmuck.

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  5. A schmuck is someone who is easily taken advantage of.

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Origin

From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”).

From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”).

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Forms

schmucks, schmucking, schmucked, schmucked
Base formschmuck · to schmuck
3rd person singularschmucks
Present participleschmucking
Past simpleschmucked
Past participleschmucked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyschmuck
he, she, itschmucks

Past simpleLesson

all personsschmucked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave schmucked
he, she, ithas schmucked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill schmuck

Word family

1 related words
Relatedschlemiel

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
schismschizophreniaschizophrenicschnappsschnitzelscholarB1scholarlyC2
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