shtuck

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Theories include that it is an alteration of stuck with the sch- sound found in many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck,[1] or that it derives from Yiddish שטיק (shtik) or German Stück (piece), as in Stück Dreck (piece of dirt) or שטיק דרעק (shtik drek, piece of shit).

Noun[edit]

shtuck (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Trouble.
    If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Eric Partridge (2005) “shtuck”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1743.

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