See schmear on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yi",
"3": "שמיר",
"4": "",
"5": "smear, spread"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schmieren"
},
"expansion": "German schmieren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "smear"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of smear",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "schm-",
"3": "smear"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, schm- + smear",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "schmears",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "shmear",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "schmear (plural schmears)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "69 16 1 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 29 4 14 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with schm-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 16 2 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "77 10 2 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A spread that goes on a bagel."
],
"id": "en-schmear-en-noun-CP0j4taJ",
"links": [
[
"spread",
"spread"
],
[
"bagel",
"bagel"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "25 29 4 14 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with schm-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
64,
71
]
],
"ref": "1994, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Field Hearing: Defense Conversion: Hearing..., page 21:",
"text": "So you can buy a la carte programming, or you can buy the whole schmear.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A batch of things that go together."
],
"id": "en-schmear-en-noun-LpmnE1L2",
"links": [
[
"batch",
"batch"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"together",
"together"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An aggregate."
],
"id": "en-schmear-en-noun-D2kK44FA",
"links": [
[
"aggregate",
"aggregate"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃmɪə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schmear.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "schmear"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yi",
"3": "שמיר",
"4": "",
"5": "smear, spread"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schmieren"
},
"expansion": "German schmieren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "smear"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of smear",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "schm-",
"3": "smear"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, schm- + smear",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "schmears",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "schmearing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeared",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeared",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "shmear",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "schmear (third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "25 29 4 14 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with schm-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To spread something, often a bagel spread."
],
"id": "en-schmear-en-verb-E57pfAH~",
"links": [
[
"spread",
"spread"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "25 29 4 14 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with schm-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
131,
138
]
],
"ref": "1969, Morris Renek, Siam Miami, page 131:",
"text": "\"What happened?\"\n\"Nothing.\"\n\"How could nothing happen if you're not with her? Listen, did you grease that d.j.?\"\n\"No.\"\n\"You didn't schmear him? You think the world owes you a living?\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
54,
61
]
],
"ref": "2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town, page 638:",
"text": "[…] I slipped the guy a hundred dollars.\"\n\"You had to schmear him to sell you a patch?\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bribe."
],
"id": "en-schmear-en-verb-udsBoSIK",
"links": [
[
"bribe",
"bribe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, transitive) To bribe."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃmɪə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schmear.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "schmear"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Yiddish",
"English terms derived from Yiddish",
"English terms prefixed with schm-",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yi",
"3": "שמיר",
"4": "",
"5": "smear, spread"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schmieren"
},
"expansion": "German schmieren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "smear"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of smear",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "schm-",
"3": "smear"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, schm- + smear",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "schmears",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "shmear",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "schmear (plural schmears)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A spread that goes on a bagel."
],
"links": [
[
"spread",
"spread"
],
[
"bagel",
"bagel"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
64,
71
]
],
"ref": "1994, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Field Hearing: Defense Conversion: Hearing..., page 21:",
"text": "So you can buy a la carte programming, or you can buy the whole schmear.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A batch of things that go together."
],
"links": [
[
"batch",
"batch"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"together",
"together"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An aggregate."
],
"links": [
[
"aggregate",
"aggregate"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃmɪə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schmear.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "schmear"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Yiddish",
"English terms derived from Yiddish",
"English terms prefixed with schm-",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yi",
"3": "שמיר",
"4": "",
"5": "smear, spread"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schmieren"
},
"expansion": "German schmieren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "smear"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of smear",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "schm-",
"3": "smear"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, schm- + smear",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "schmears",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "schmearing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeared",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeared",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "shmear",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shmeer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "schmear (third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To spread something, often a bagel spread."
],
"links": [
[
"spread",
"spread"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
131,
138
]
],
"ref": "1969, Morris Renek, Siam Miami, page 131:",
"text": "\"What happened?\"\n\"Nothing.\"\n\"How could nothing happen if you're not with her? Listen, did you grease that d.j.?\"\n\"No.\"\n\"You didn't schmear him? You think the world owes you a living?\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
54,
61
]
],
"ref": "2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town, page 638:",
"text": "[…] I slipped the guy a hundred dollars.\"\n\"You had to schmear him to sell you a patch?\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bribe."
],
"links": [
[
"bribe",
"bribe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, transitive) To bribe."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃmɪə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schmear.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-schmear.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "schmear"
}
Download raw JSONL data for schmear meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (85b9f46 and 1b6da77). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.