"schmear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃmɪə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schmear.wav [Southern-England] Forms: schmears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|yi|שמיר||smear, spread|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”), {{bor+|en|yi|שמיר||smear, spread}} Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”), {{cog|de|schmieren}} German schmieren, {{doublet|en|smear}} Doublet of smear Head templates: {{en-noun}} schmear (plural schmears)
  1. A spread that goes on a bagel.
    Sense id: en-schmear-en-noun-CP0j4taJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 14 1 5 5
  2. A batch of things that go together.
    Sense id: en-schmear-en-noun-LpmnE1L2
  3. An aggregate.
    Sense id: en-schmear-en-noun-D2kK44FA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shmear, schmeer, shmeer

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃmɪə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schmear.wav [Southern-England] Forms: schmears [present, singular, third-person], schmearing [participle, present], schmeared [participle, past], schmeared [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|yi|שמיר||smear, spread|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”), {{bor+|en|yi|שמיר||smear, spread}} Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”), {{cog|de|schmieren}} German schmieren, {{doublet|en|smear}} Doublet of smear Head templates: {{en-verb}} schmear (third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)
  1. To spread something, often a bagel spread.
    Sense id: en-schmear-en-verb-E57pfAH~
  2. (slang, transitive) To bribe. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-schmear-en-verb-udsBoSIK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shmear, schmeer, shmeer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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