First Known Use: 1892
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schmuck
noun \ˈshmək\
: a stupid or foolish person
Full Definition of SCHMUCK
slang : jerk 4b
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Origin of SCHMUCK
Yiddish shmok, literally, penis
Related to SCHMUCK
- Synonyms
- bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, jerk [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin
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