schmear
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ʃmɪə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
editschmear (plural schmears)
- A spread that goes on a bagel.
- A batch of things that go together.
- 1994, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Field Hearing: Defense Conversion: Hearing..., page 21:
- So you can buy a la carte programming, or you can buy the whole schmear.
- An aggregate.
Verb
editschmear (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?"
- 2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town, page 638:
- […] I slipped the guy a hundred dollars."
"You had to schmear him to sell you a patch?"
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