- some matter or activity with all its related featuresusually the whole schmear
- a bribe
Origin of schmear
eastern; English Yiddish shmir, literally , a smearing from shmirn, to smear from Middle High German smir(we)nAlso sp. schmeer
schmear
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schmear
also schmeer or shmear
noun
SlangA portion of cream cheese or another spread, as on a bagel.
Origin of schmear
Yiddish shmir smear, smudge from shmirn to smear, grease from Middle High German smiren from Old High German smirwenTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)
- To spread something (often a schmear in the first noun sense)
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