Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Schmuck

WordNet (r) 3.0

schmuck n 1: (Yiddish) a jerk [syn: schmuck, shmuck, schmo, shmo]


Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

schmuck noun Etymology: Yiddish shmok, literally, penis Date: 1892 slang jerk 4b


Oxford English Reference Dictionary

schmuck
n. esp. US sl. a foolish or contemptible person.
Etymology: Yiddish


English Explanatory Dictionary

schmuck n. esp. US sl. a foolish or contemptible person. [Yiddish]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "schmuck": ass, born fool, buffoon, clown, doodle, egregious ass, figure of fun, fool, idiot, ignoramus, jackass, jerk, lunatic, milksop, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, perfect fool, softhead, sop, stupid ass, tomfool, zany

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