schmear

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Noun

schmear (plural schmears)

  1. A spread that goes on a bagel
  2. A batch of things that go together
  3. An aggregate

Verb

schmear (third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)

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

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