as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
don't be a schmuck and create an embarrassing scene in public
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Recent Examples of schmuck
In the aftermath of the Mets losing the NLCS to those Erewhon-guzzling schmucks from Los Angeles, John Mayer wrote an open letter dedicated to the team’s remarkable season and their smiley shortstop, Francisco Lindor, whom Mayer said became an unexpected muse to him and his career this year.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
His answer evokes countless nights in the Eighties and early Nineties, when he was likely left out in the line, waiting with the rest of us herbs and schmucks.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
Contemporary golf course development is typically the purview of either big institutional players or a deep pocketed individual—not just ‘some schmuck who buys some land and tries to figure it out,’ as Koprowski puts it.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
And don’t be the schmuck on social media who tries to argue that because Lewis went 24-31 as the head coach of the Golden Flashes, his departure from the Colorado Buffaloes is no big loss.
—Sean Keeler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
His answer evokes countless nights in the Eighties and early Nineties, when he was likely left out in the line, waiting with the rest of us herbs and schmucks.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
Contemporary golf course development is typically the purview of either big institutional players or a deep pocketed individual—not just ‘some schmuck who buys some land and tries to figure it out,’ as Koprowski puts it.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
And don’t be the schmuck on social media who tries to argue that because Lewis went 24-31 as the head coach of the Golden Flashes, his departure from the Colorado Buffaloes is no big loss.
—Sean Keeler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmuck
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But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.—
Sandals Resorts,
AFAR Media,
4 June 2025
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Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
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Yet Mitchell Robinson, ever the joker, can’t make up his mind.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley Hayden Christensen played Jake Hill Conley, another neighborhood boy known for being a practical joker.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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While bears are easily the biggest fear in some parks, a pack of hungry racoons or an inquisitive skunk aren’t to be messed with either.—
Geoffrey Morrison,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Right before arriving at our campsite, a skunk ran across the front of the car, did a handstand, and then disappeared into the scrub.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
21 May 2025
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“Schmuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmuck. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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