单词 | schmear |
释义 | schmearn. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). 1. the whole schmear: everything, everything possible or available, every aspect of the situation. ΚΠ 1909 S. H. Latzer Let. 6 Jan. in Jrnl. Proc. Wisconsin Legislature (49th Sess. Senate) 161 Mr. S. K. Houston, the secretary, had resigned, and Mr. Harris was the whole schmeer. 1940 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 15 I don't think it's as good a book as I can write... Frequently the whole shmeer seems so transparent and fatuous that I want to abandon it. 1969 E. Stewart Heads 48 Why couldn't you burrow around and ferret out the whole shmear yourself? 1971 K. Wheeler Epitaph for Mr. Wynn (1972) xxix. 374 I picked you because you know the whole schmeer. 1972 H. Kemelman Monday Rabbi took Off xxii. 146 Some special kind of prayer maybe where you could ask for the success of our enterprise…especially the financing, but I was thinking of the whole shmeer. 2016 Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) 31 Mar. s29/2 For his initial foray into matrimony, ‘there were 150 people in a hotel, the whole schmear, cameras and all that nonsense’. 2. a. A spread for bread or other foods; spec. (a helping of) cream cheese. ΚΠ 1914 J. T. Richards Romance on El Camino Real xxiv. 208 They make such fine Schmears, apple-butter, peach-butter, quince-butter, plum-butter and Schmear-Käse. 1974 N.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. 1993 P. 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. 2018 Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/4 Every morning, I wake up and come get a toasted everything bagel with schmear. b. A daub or smear (of something). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > smearing or spreading with a substance > that which is smeared or spread beplastering1598 smear1611 daub1693 schmear1958 1958 J. Weidman Enemy Camp xiii. 218 Those ham sandwiches. Pieces of cardboard with a shmeer of pink paint in between. 1998 N.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. 2002 Philadelphia 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. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Apr. (First ed.) (Opinion section) 11 They poop all over the place.., they leave little schmears behind on blades of grass and footpaths to festoon the feet of unsuspecting passers-by. 3. A bribe; bribery, corruption. Also: flattery with a view to influencing someone. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery meedc1275 corruptionc1425 bribing?c1524 suborning?1532 bribery1560 budding1640 subornation1670 palmistry1828 palm-greasing1832 boodling1886 a greasing of palms1889 sugaring1891 fix1929 pay-off1930 schmear1950 long leg1967 1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 185/1 Schmear, a bribe. 1962 ‘E. Lacy’ Freeloaders ii. 42 Our lad didn't want the shmear to start with, so he ain't greedy. 1978 Amer. 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. 2000 National Post (Canada) (National ed.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Financial Post section) d1 Wal-Mart has made it clear that it will not tolerate kickbacks. But with apparel buying power concentrated in the hands of a few retailers, some fear the shmeer is here to stay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). schmearv. North American colloquial. 1. transitive. To spread a substance on (a person or thing). Also: to spread or smear (a substance). Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1882 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 29 Nov. If I'd been 30 years younger, and painted and shmeared all over me face I'd a been offered a dozen sates [= seats] long ago. 1947 Commentary Jan. 369/1 First you were shmeering with the brush, now you're shmeering with the pen! 1958 J. Weidman Enemy Camp ii. 239 All these years since that lousy accident she's been right there, across the street, in that God-damn doll store, shmeering glue and combing hair. 1987 New Yorker 29 June 24 It's like schmearing a bagel, making this shadow... Just paint, paint—put a shadow by this tree. 1999 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 12 Aug. 5 Parents are schmearing kids with sunscreen at the swimming pool. 2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Aug. a1 Chris Brand sleepily schmeared his morning bagel in a kitchen cluttered with cereal boxes and casino chips. 2. transitive. To flatter or ingratiate oneself with (a person); (also) to bribe. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole fleechc1425 coyc1490 flatter?a1513 cuittlec1565 smooth1584 ingle1602 cajole1645 collogue1660 wheedle1661 coax1663 to wheedle with1664 to cajole with1665 manage1677 whilly1721 carney1811 whillywha1816 canoodle1864 patise1891 schmear1910 sweet-talk1936 soft-talk1946 snow-job1962 1910 M. Glass in Sat. Evening Post 29 Jan. 7/2 I got to schmier it a feller in the tenement-house department another hundred dollars. 1916 Clothing Designer & Manufacturer Aug. 15/2 I have been ‘schmeering’ him so that he should stay with us. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) iv. 66 Nickie the elevator man..the more you shmeer him the more he hates your guts. 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 353 Do the officials expect to be shmeered there? 2009 National Public Radio (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 30 July He says he needs to schmear a lot of people, pay them for their services. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909v.1882 |
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