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How to pronounce schmuck in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms schmo, shmo, shmuck
Type of dork, jerk

Examples of schmuck

schmuck
You and the other super schmuck of radio are a pair made by Right Wing Fascists.
From the washingtontimes.com
So if education doesn't work and OJT isn't offered, what is a poor schmuck to do?
From the economist.com
I was duly chastened and have agreed to forswear the use of the word schmuck.
From the theatlantic.com
You all know what happens when some such schmuck utters those fateful lines.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Blind myself so I'd stop gagging at the site of every schmuck sporting one?
From the ideas.time.com
That schmuck can't keep his zipper zipped and his shvantz in his pants.
From the sacbee.com
Its reception area has wood-patterned linoleum and a schmuck in a tuxedo playing a piano.
From the usatoday.com
But I'm still the same absent-minded schmuck I was when I was a child.
From the guardian.co.uk
If the schmuck adopts your ideas as his own, you've hopped the first hurdle to success.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • (Yiddish) a jerk
  • Schmuck is most often used in American English as a pejorative or insult, meaning an obnoxious, contemptible person; one who is stupid, foolish, or detestable.
  • Schmuck is a surname of German origin. As a noun, it means jewelry; as an adjective, it means neat in the sense of clean, tidy, or having a simple elegance. The name is commonly seen on signs and billboards in Germany and Austria related to the merchandising of precious jewelry. ...
  • The penis; The removed and discarded foreskin after circumcision; An item or person that is considered useless; A jerk; an unpleasant or detestable person
  • Literally a penis, but used as a first class insult for people who are stupid, ignorant, and perform baffling acts of moronic behavior.
  • Also shmuck n: A clumsy or stupid person; an oaf.
  • A stupid person; a name given to a person for foolishness or insensitivity.
  • Is Yiddish in origin, and refers to an unpleasant person.
  • German for jewelry; American for anyone who buys a pricey cocktail (which see) containing schmuck.