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schmuck

/ʃmək/
/ʃmək/
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Other forms: schmucks

A schmuck is a loser, idiot, or jerk. This Yiddish word is a little old-fashioned and not very harsh.

If you've ever felt like a dummy or sucker, you've felt like a schmuck. This is one of many Yiddish words for "jerk" or "idiot" that are common in English, including schmo, schlub, schlemiel, and schnook. Old-fashioned and kind of unusual, schmuck is probably one of the least mean ways to call someone a loser.

Definitions of schmuck
  1. noun
    (Yiddish) a jerk
    synonyms: schmo, shmo, shmuck
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    type of:
    dork, jerk
    a dull stupid fatuous person
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