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Schmear

//ʃmɪə(ɹ)// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spread that goes on a bagel.
  2. 2
    (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together wordnet
  3. 3
    A batch of things that go together.

    "So you can buy a la carte programming, or you can buy the whole schmear."

  4. 4
    An aggregate.
Verb
  1. 1
    To spread something, often a bagel spread.
  2. 2
    To bribe. slang, transitive

    ""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?""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear, smearcase. By surface analysis, schm- + smear. The sense “bribe” is from Yiddish שמירן (shmirn, “to smear, to bribe”), senses found also in German schmieren. The implication is that a bribe helps “lubricate” an interaction.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear, smearcase. By surface analysis, schm- + smear. The sense “bribe” is from Yiddish שמירן (shmirn, “to smear, to bribe”), senses found also in German schmieren. The implication is that a bribe helps “lubricate” an interaction.

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