Schmear Definition

zhmir
noun
A portion of cream cheese or another spread, as on a bagel.
American Heritage
Some matter or activity with all its related features.
Webster's New World
A bribe.
Webster's New World

A spread that goes on a bagel.

Wiktionary
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • shmear
  • schmeer
verb

To spread something (often a schmear in the first noun sense)

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Other Word Forms of Schmear

Noun

Singular:
schmear
Plural:
schmears

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Schmear

  • whole schmear

Origin of Schmear

  • Yiddish shmir smear, smudge from shmirn to smear, grease from Middle High German smiren from Old High German smirwen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread"); cognate with German schmieren, English smear.

    From Wiktionary

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