shneid
shneid noun: a losing streak, especially a hitless period in baseball.
Noun
shneid (plural shneids)
- A losing streak, especially a hitless period in baseball.
- Danny Kaye was an avid baseball fan, passionately devoted to his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers who broke the shneid by beating the Yankees in the previous World Series.2001, Ilana Abramovitch with Seán Galvin, Jews of Brooklyn, page 315
- Ok. The dolphins got off the shneid by finally beating the Jets in the first go round.2002 November 10, “Jets Vs. Dolphins”, in alt.sports.football.pro.miami-dolphins (Usenet)
Examples of shneid in a sentence
- Cal is 3-0 all-time against the Boilermakers and is in a good position to keep Purdue on the shneid.2003 March 21, “Cal Tennis Welcomes Purdue”, in dailycal.org:
- [Eric Osmundson] has to get off the shneid, David [Whitehurst] has to help us, and even Ibby's better than 2-for-7.2005 December 3, “Jaaber, Penn turn back Navy”, in Philadelphia Daily News:
Forms of shneid
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Origin of shneid
From Yiddish
Questions about shneid
- What does shneid mean?
- Shneid means a losing streak, especially a hitless period in baseball.
- How do you use shneid in a sentence?
- Cal is 3-0 all-time against the Boilermakers and is in a good position to keep Purdue on the shneid.
- What part of speech is shneid?
- Shneid is a noun.
- What is the plural of shneid?
- The plural of shneid is shneids.
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