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▪ I. schmeer N. Amer. colloq.|ʃmɪə(r)|
Also shmear, shmeer.
[ad. Yiddish schmirn to smear, grease, flatter.]
1. Bribery, corruption, flattery.
1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. of Show Bus. Jargon 78 Shmear,..payola; graft. 1962E. Lacy Freeloaders ii. 42 Our lad didn't want the shmear to start with, so he ain't greedy. 1978Amer. Film Apr. 57/2 He knew the shmeer was on when the producer invited him to lunch..and began the meal by ordering caviar and champagne.
2. the whole schmeer, everything, everything possible or available, every aspect of the situation.
1969E. Stewart Heads 48 Why couldn't you burrow around and ferret out the whole shmear yourself? 1970L. Sanders Anderson Tapes v. 23, I want a complete list... Any thing and everything... The whole shmear. 1971K. Wheeler Epitaph for Mister Wynn (1972) xxix. 374, I picked you because you know the whole schmeer. 1972H. Kemelman Monday Rabbi took Off xxii. 146 Some special kind of prayer maybe where you could ask for the success of our enterprise{ddd}especially the financing, but I was thinking of the whole shmeer. 1978Maledicta 1977 I. 282 Eventually, the whole schmeer was declared a Mexican stand-off.
Substitute for etymology: [f. *schmeer v.]
▸ A daub, smear, or smudge of something. Also (without of): spec. a helping of cream cheese.
1958J. Weidman Enemy Camp ii. 218 Those ham sandwiches. Pieces of cardboard with a shmeer of pink paint in between. 1974N.Y. Times 7 Apr. x. 26/2 Passing up the Plaza's tempting but outrageously priced café complet in favor of an English [muffin] with a shmear and a cup of regular at a nearby coffee shop. 1993P. Muldoon in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 192 After all that I wait in line for a bagel with lox and a schmear. 1998N.Y. Mag. 4 May 99/1 First comes the moisturizing lotion, then..a shmear of shaving cream, and an expert shave with a long, sharp blade. 2002Philadelphia Inquirer Mag. 5 May 25/2 A parfait of minced raw tuna layered with colorful rings of flying-fish roe and a microthin schmear of pepper-speckled whipped cream.
▪ II. schmeer, v. N. Amer. colloq.|ʃmɪə(r)|
Also schmear, schmere, shmear, shmeer, shmir.
[ad. Yiddish shmirn to smear, grease, flatter.]
trans. To flatter; to bribe. Also absol.
1930Amer. Speech VI. 126 Schmeer.., meaning ‘smear’, is used figuratively in the sense of complimenting a customer, praising her appearance or her taste, and thereby encouraging a sale. 1945A. Kober Parm Me 154 With one hend they gung to give you the money and with the odder hend they sticking out to collect yet a tip... Sooo..you shmere here, you shmere there, and when you finndished shmereing hommuch is left by you in pockit? 1964W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) iv. 66 Nickie the elevator man..the more you shmeer him the more he hates your guts. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 353 Do the officials expect to be shmeered there? 1986S. Steinmetz Yiddish & English v. 67 Shmir... In Yiddish slang it also means ‘a bribe’ (and as a verb, shmirn ‘to bribe’). |