schnook
6
9.9
- noun
- /ʃnʊk/
- Offensive
:
pringado (informal, ofensivo)
- She felt sorry for the schnook who believed every scam he saw online.
- poor schnook
- little schnook
- big schnook
Examples
-
Finally, a guy from the electric company's cherry picker came down to help the poor schnook out and thereby opened up an exit for the rest of us.
Blog text (24) -
I see the poor schnook who's crushed by humiliation and hacked off at his sister for putting him in the most embarrassing social situation of his life.
-
I mean, once in a while, some poor schnook could get carried away.
-
I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
-
And one poor schnook is gonna get it from a hole in the ceiling.
-
Some poor schnook is getting his car towed away.
-
It was small potatoes stuff, but it made him look like a schnook.
Blog text (15) -
That's something you do to some poor schnook who won't hit back.
-
Ah, what a schnook.
-
It's more that he's just kind of a schnook who's more insecure than anything else.
Synonyms
300
7.0
A person who is easily tricked
24
8.2
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
4
9.1
A person who is easily fooled or behaves foolishly
1
9.9
A person who easily believes others and whom people pity
A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily
Antonyms
How Gullible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Schnook probably comes from Yiddish or German words like schnuk or Schnucke, which were used for a soft or gentle person and even for a small 'sheep'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a quiet sheep that follows others and can be easily tricked, so a schnook is someone who is easily deceived.