Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To scarper; to run away; to flee.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:shemozzle.

Origin

UK late-19th century. Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl, “misfortune”), from Middle H

UK late-19th century. Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl, “misfortune”), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”). Cognate with US English schlimazel (“unlucky person”). Compare German Schlamassel.

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Forms

shemozzles, shemozzling, shemozzled, shemozzled
Base formshemozzle · to shemozzle
3rd person singularshemozzles
Present participleshemozzling
Past simpleshemozzled
Past participleshemozzled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshemozzle
he, she, itshemozzles

Past simpleLesson

all personsshemozzled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shemozzle

Synonyms

1 synonyms
fleeB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shelterB1shelveshenaniganshepherd
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