shmuck
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9.9
- noun
- /ʃmʌk/
- Offensive
:
idiota
- Look at those happy shmucks.
Examples
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Don't be a shmuck.
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To Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), you're either a shmuck or a somebody.
Blog text (4) -
I was recently in Arizona, and any shmuck could carry.
Blog text (6) -
I feel that I am a little bit of a shmuck, but that I am lovable.
Fiction book (1996) -
Corporate greed is always going to exist; I may sound like a shmuck for saying so, but it is the truth.
Blog text (2) -
Don't be a shmuck, Gerry.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's a shmuck, Ray!
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You're a shmuck!
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He's a shmuck.
Fiction book (1992) -
What a shmuck; he forgot my birthday again!
Synonyms
71
9.9
A rude, foolish person who behaves badly
43
8.0
A person who acts silly or seems not very smart
9
9.9
A person who is foolish and annoying
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
9.9
A person who is foolish and annoys other people
A person who is very foolish and annoying
A person who is clumsy or foolish
A person who is clumsy and looks a little silly
Antonyms
How Contemptible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shmuck comes from Yiddish shmok, which was a rude word for a 'male body part', and people began using it as an insult for someone worthless or foolish. So calling someone a shmuck is like calling them a 'jerk' or a 'fool'.