schmear
English
Alternative forms
- shmear
- schmeer
- shmeer
Etymology
Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); cognate with German schmieren, English smear.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
Noun
schmear (plural schmears)
- A spread that goes on a bagel
- A batch of things that go together
- An aggregate
Verb
schmear (third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)
- To spread something, often a bagel spread.
- (slang, transitive) To bribe.
- 1969, Morris Renek, Siam Miami (page 131)
- "What happened?"
"Nothing."
"How could nothing happen if you're not with her? Listen, did you grease that d.j.?"
"No."
"You didn't schmear him? You think the world owes you a living?"
- "What happened?"
- 2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town (page 638)
- […] I slipped the guy a hundred dollars."
"You had to schmear him to sell you a patch?"
- […] I slipped the guy a hundred dollars."
- 1969, Morris Renek, Siam Miami (page 131)
Anagrams
- Marches, machers, marches