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shmucky

shmucky is the alternative spelling of schmucky.

Meaning of schmucky

Adjective

schmucky (comparative more schmucky, superlative most schmucky)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Characteristic of a schmuck.
    • [Jack Nicholson's character Jonathan:] Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open.1971, Jules Feiffer's screenplay for Mike Nichols's film Carnal Knowledge

Forms of shmucky

comparativemore shmucky
superlativemost shmucky

Origin of shmucky

From shmuck + -y.

Words formed from shmucky

Questions about shmucky

What is shmucky the alternative spelling of?
Shmucky is the alternative spelling of schmucky.

Words near shmucky in the dictionary

  1. shmoozy
  2. shmos
  3. shmuck
  4. shmuckiness
  5. shmucks
  6. shmucky
  7. Shmuel
  8. Shmuels
  9. shmuk
  10. shmuks
  11. Shmuley

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