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shtuck

shtuck noun: trouble.

Noun

shtuck (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Trouble.
    • If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.

Forms of shtuck

alternative formschtook
alternative formschtuck
alternative formshtook

Origin of shtuck

Uncertain. Theories include that it is an alteration of stuck with the sch- sound found in many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck, or that it derives from Yiddish שטיק (shtik) or German Stück (“piece”), as in Stück Dreck (“piece of dirt”) or שטיק דרעק (shtik drek, “piece of shit”).

Questions about shtuck

What does shtuck mean?
Shtuck means trouble.
What part of speech is shtuck?
Shtuck is a noun.

Words near shtuck in the dictionary

  1. shtreimels
  2. shtreimlech
  3. shtrudel
  4. shtrudels
  5. shtshav
  6. shtuck
  7. shtuka
  8. shtukas
  9. shtum
  10. shtumm
  11. Shtundism

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