Explore Schmuck through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like schmo or jerk. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Schmuck meaning
- A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
- A deplorable, pitiful person.
Using Schmuck
- The main meaning on this page is: A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant. | A deplorable, pitiful person.
- Useful related words include: shmuck, schmo, shmo, jerk.
Context around Schmuck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Schmuck
- In this selection, "schmuck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sacrificial, performs, insult, shane and shows stand out and add context to how "schmuck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sacrificial schmuck so klufas and beat that schmuck shane strickland. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "schmuck" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with schmuck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nixon was a schmuck not to burn the tapes. (9 words)
A great stoker of fun … Omid Djalili performs Schmuck for a Night. (12 words)
Klufas himself was told before qualifying ended that McDonald, who’s contributed to Carney’s campaign, was on the hunt for a sacrificial schmuck, so Klufas wasn’t surprised. (29 words)
He gets in the ring where a table is covered in a cloth and says Will Ospreay didn’t hit the Tiger Driver ‘91 because he’s a gutless coward and the idea that he could beat him when he couldn’t even beat that schmuck Shane Strickland is laughable. (50 words)
Arndt, p. 42 The character of Mr. Schmock — the name based on the Yiddish insult " schmuck " — shows similarities with Johanna Kessler's husband, who was uninterested in art and culture. (30 words)
Klufas himself was told before qualifying ended that McDonald, who’s contributed to Carney’s campaign, was on the hunt for a sacrificial schmuck, so Klufas wasn’t surprised. (29 words)
Example sentences (5)
He gets in the ring where a table is covered in a cloth and says Will Ospreay didn’t hit the Tiger Driver ‘91 because he’s a gutless coward and the idea that he could beat him when he couldn’t even beat that schmuck Shane Strickland is laughable.
Klufas himself was told before qualifying ended that McDonald, who’s contributed to Carney’s campaign, was on the hunt for a sacrificial schmuck, so Klufas wasn’t surprised.
Nixon was a schmuck not to burn the tapes.
A great stoker of fun … Omid Djalili performs Schmuck for a Night.
Arndt, p. 42 The character of Mr. Schmock — the name based on the Yiddish insult " schmuck " — shows similarities with Johanna Kessler's husband, who was uninterested in art and culture.