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schnook

UK/ʃnʊk/

schnook noun: a person who is easily taken advantage of.

Noun

schnook (plural schnooks)

  1. (slang) A person who is easily taken advantage of.
    • He’s just a schnook. She’s obviously using him but he keeps coming back for more abuse.
    • The Apartment. Producer-Director Billy Wilder tells of a sweet-natured schnook (brilliantly played by Jack Lemmon) who shoots up the corporate ladder.1960 July 4, “Time listings”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2013

schnook meaning in Tamil

schnook in Tamil

மடயன்

Forms of schnook

pluralschnooks
alternative formshnook

Origin of schnook

Borrowed from Yiddish שנוק (shnuk, “person easily imposed upon or cheated”).

Words that rhyme with schnook

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Questions about schnook

What does schnook mean?
Schnook means a person who is easily taken advantage of.
What is schnook in Tamil?
Schnook in Tamil is மடயன். See Schnook meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is schnook?
Schnook is a noun.
How do you pronounce schnook?
Schnook is pronounced /ʃnʊk/ (UK).
What is the plural of schnook?
The plural of schnook is schnooks.

Words near schnook in the dictionary

  1. schnocker
  2. schnockered
  3. schnockers
  4. schnoodle
  5. schnoodles
  6. schnook
  7. schnookered
  8. schnooks
  9. schnookums
  10. Schnoor
  11. Schnoors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schnook (page history and authors); schnook (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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