schmear
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); cognate with German schmieren and English smear.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
schmear (plural schmears)
VerbEdit
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: