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shmock

shmock is the alternative spelling of schmuck.

Meaning of schmuck

Noun

schmuck (plural schmucks)

  1. (Jewish, US, derogatory, slang) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
    • One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him...1995 September, “The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford”, in Playboy
  2. (Jewish, US, derogatory, slang) A deplorable, pitiful person.
    • poor schmuck

See all 5 meanings of schmuck

Forms of shmock

pluralshmocks

Questions about shmock

What is shmock the alternative spelling of?
Shmock is the alternative spelling of schmuck.

Words near shmock in the dictionary

  1. shmitahs
  2. shmitas
  3. shmittah
  4. shmittahs
  5. shmo
  6. shmock
  7. shmocks
  8. shmoe
  9. shmoes
  10. shmok
  11. shmoke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shmock (page history and authors); schmuck (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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