schmuck
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9.9
- noun
- /ʃmʌk/
- Offensive
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imbécil
- Somehow, with her help, Bill had made Jeffrey look like a bit of a schmuck.
- poor schmuck
- dumb schmuck
- just some schmuck
He he, I mean, you know, he's a schmuck, but it comes to science.
- He he, I mean, you know, he's a schmuck, but it comes to science.
- And only a schmuck would believe that the Princess is going to die.
- And just to show them that you're not some schmuck.
- OK, so And so you can't give up then and go, oh, it's a bunch of schmucks.
- Well, no, I'm a little bronze rider and a rich schmucks, you know, I'm just saying that I.
Examples
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The whole world is trying to get out of Washington, and we're the only schmucks trying to get in.
Fiction book (1996) -
The pay's good, the perks are okay, and the federal types are mostly schmucks.
Fiction book (2000) -
Some, some schmuck would have given up, but you kept going.
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And only a schmuck would believe that the Princess is going to die.
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- What am I, a schmuck?
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We will not lie down for some schmuck from New Jersey.
Fiction book (1991) -
I just think when you accept yourself the way you accept any schmuck on the street, you just have a lot more room for other stuff.
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You'd have to be a schmuck to pay retail here.
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"You don't even know where your mom is, schmuck," Ricky said.
Fiction book (1993) -
You'd have to be a schmuck to believe that he would keep his promise after everything he's done.
Synonyms
678
4.2
An annoying person who treats others badly
293
9.9
A very rude and insulting word for a person you strongly dislike
168
9.5
A person who treats other people very badly and unfairly
88
9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
64
9.9
A rude or selfish person, used as an offensive insult
40
8.2
An unpleasant person who lies or treats others badly
34
9.9
A rude word for a very foolish person
16
8.1
A person who behaves badly and cannot be trusted
9
9.9
A person who is foolish and annoying
9
8.2
A person who is dishonest and treats others badly
7
8.2
A person who is dishonest and treats others badly
4
9.1
A person who is easily fooled or behaves foolishly
3
9.9
A rude or foolish person who annoys others
1
9.6
A person who is rude and unkind to others
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
9.9
A person who is foolish and annoys other people
1
9.9
A rude person who acts like they are better than other people
1
9.9
A person who lies or cheats and treats others badly
1
9.9
A person who behaves very rudely and foolishly
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
A rude selfish person who treats others badly
A very rude and foolish person
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A person who is very rude and often insults others
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
A rude, stupid person who annoys others
A person who is clumsy and looks a little silly
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Etymology
The word schmuck comes from Yiddish shmok, where it was a rude word for the 'male organ' and then grew into an insult meaning 'fool' or 'jerk'. That's why calling someone a schmuck today is a way to say they are unpleasant or foolish.