Associations to the word «Schmear»

Adjective

Verb

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Wiktionary

SCHMEAR, noun. A spread that goes on a bagel
SCHMEAR, noun. A batch of things that go together
SCHMEAR, noun. An aggregate
SCHMEAR, verb. To spread something (often a schmear in the first noun sense)

Dictionary definition

SCHMEAR, noun. (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; "he bought the whole schmeer".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats