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schmozzle

schmozzle is the alternative form of shemozzle.

Meaning of shemozzle

Noun

shemozzle (plural shemozzles)

  1. (slang) A state of chaos or confusion.
    • "No end of a shemozzle there’s been there lately," he said. "Marina Gregg's been having hysterics most days. Said some coffee she was given was poisoned."1962, Agatha Christie, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
  2. (slang) A quarrel or rumpus.
    • If Will comes out of this shemozzle.1901, James Maclaren Cobban, The Golden Tooth
    Synonyms:
    ruckus

See all 3 meanings of shemozzle

Forms of schmozzle

pluralschmozzles

Questions about schmozzle

What is schmozzle the alternative form of?
Schmozzle is the alternative form of shemozzle.

Words near schmozzle in the dictionary

  1. schmoozings
  2. schmoozy
  3. schmos
  4. Schmoyer
  5. Schmoyers
  6. schmozzle
  7. schmozzles
  8. schmuck
  9. schmuck insurance
  10. schmucked
  11. Schmucker

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