Schmuck (pejorative) - Wikipedia Schmuck, or shmuck, is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person The word came into the English language from Yiddish (Yiddish: שמאָק, shmok), where it has similar pejorative meanings, but where its literal meaning is a vulgar term for a penis [1]
Smuck – Meaning, Origin, Usage - DigitalCultures Smuck is the alternate spelling of the Yiddish word schmuck, that conveys several meanings; none of them kind or pleasant It may either refer to the cut off foreskin, after the circumcision or the similarly repulsive and unpleasant personality of a person
Smuck – Meaning, Origin and Usage - English-Grammar-Lessons. com A smuck is a foolish person who thinks they know it all It also means that a person has a bad personality and is very hard to be around In some cases, it can refer to a person’s bodily odor, specifically a bad smell
Is “Schmuck” a Dirty Word? - My Jewish Learning To native speakers of Yiddish, “shmuk” still has just as much power to offend as “cojones” does in Spanish, or as “cock” or “prick” do in English But that didn’t stop the word from becoming increasingly prominent in all sort of English-language publications since the 1960s Here’s the Google n-gram:
schmuck - Wiktionary, the free dictionary From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”) schmuck (plural schmucks) (colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant
smuck - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online Definition: A foolish or gullible person Example sentence: Don't be such a smuck and believe everything you hear! Definition: A slang term used to refer to a derogatory or contemptible person Example sentence: He acted like a complete smuck when he insulted the waitress
smuck: meaning, definition - WordSense smuck (Low German) Origin history Cognate with German schmuck Adjective smuck (comparative smucker, superlative smuckst) cute, pretty