Usually means: Foolish or contemptible person; jerk.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word schmuck:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. schmuck: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. schmuck: Merriam-Webster
  3. schmuck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. schmuck: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. schmuck: Collins English Dictionary
  6. schmuck: Vocabulary.com
  7. Schmuck, schmuck: Wordnik
  8. schmuck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. schmuck: Wiktionary
  10. schmuck: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. schmuck: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. schmuck: Dictionary.com
  13. schmuck: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. schmuck: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Schmuck (pejorative), Schmuck (surname), Schmuck: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. schmuck: Rhymezone
  17. Schmuck (m), Schmuck: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. schmuck: FreeDictionary.org
  19. schmuck: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. schmuck: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. schmuck: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See schmucking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
noun:  (colloquial, derogatory) A deplorable, pitiful person.
verb:  (slang, intransitive, rare) To behave like a schmuck.
verb:  (slang, transitive, rare) To mash or smoosh.

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