schmuck

noun

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.

   ““You're born a schmuck and you'll die a schmuck. Welcome to hell, idiot.””

   “"SCP-7579 developed internal camouflage so a shmuck like yourself would speculate on it, then convince a more powerful shmuck unlike myself to buy it time. It's probably smarter than us, it's definitely smarter than you, and every second of its existence exponentiates the time and resources I'll have to spend cleaning up your mess."”

2. (Jewish, US, derogatory, slang)A deplorable, pitiful person.

   “poor schmuck”

   “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.”

verb

1. (Jewish, US, derogatory, intransitive, rare, slang)To behave like a schmuck.

   “[…] there's actually a shortage of schmucks in America. As a result, there's big money in schmucking. The average schmuck earns $28,000 a year, plus benefits.”

2. (Jewish, US, derogatory, rare, slang, transitive)To mash or smoosh.

   “His buddy was supposed to be arriving from Helena that morning but had schmucked a mule deer buck with his vehicle so there was going to be a delay.”

   ““She schmucked three deer on M-95,” del Olmo said. “I was two minutes behind her. Man, she blew them up! […]”

   “Everyone gathered around the cake as Mitch and Liz prepared to cut the cake. She took a small piece in her hand, and Mitch said, "What are you doing with that, babe?" and she schmucked it into his mouth. He did the same right back.”

name

1. A surname from German.