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shnor

shnor verb: to beg or wheedle.

Verb

shnor (third-person singular simple present shnors, present participle shnorring, simple past and past participle shnorred)

  1. To beg or wheedle.
    • Many among them made no pretense of seeking gainful work. In fact, from their perspective, work would have undermined their sense of self. In their eyes, shnorring was their true calling, a profession they created for themselves through a combination of persistence and ingenuity.2008, Stanley J. Schachter, Laugh for God's Sake: Where Jewish Humor and Jewish Ethics Meet

Forms of shnor

third-person singular presentshnors
present participleshnorring
past participleshnorred
pastshnorred
alternative formshnorr

Origin of shnor

Yiddish שנאָרן (shnorn)

Words formed from shnor

Questions about shnor

What does shnor mean?
Shnor means to beg or wheedle.
What part of speech is shnor?
Shnor is a verb.
What is the past tense of shnor?
The past tense of shnor is shnorred.

Words near shnor in the dictionary

  1. shnip
  2. shnips
  3. shnk
  4. shnook
  5. shnooks
  6. shnor
  7. Shnorhokian
  8. Shnorhokians
  9. shnorr
  10. shnorred
  11. shnorrer

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