schmear

English

Alternative forms

• shmear
• schmeer
• shmeer

Etymology

Yiddish שמיר ‎(shmir, “smear, spread”); cognate with German schmieren, English smear.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Noun

schmear ‎(plural schmears)

1. A spread that goes on a bagel
2. A batch of things that go together
3. An aggregate

Verb

schmear ‎(third-person singular simple present schmears, present participle schmearing, simple past and past participle schmeared)

1. To spread something (often a schmear in the first noun sense)

Anagrams

• machers
• marches, Marches