Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to schmear
Participle: schmeared
Gerund: schmearing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | schmear |
| you | schmear |
| he;she;it | schmears |
| we | schmear |
| you | schmear |
| they | schmear |
Perfect
| I | have schmeared |
| you | have schmeared |
| he;she;it | has schmeared |
| we | have schmeared |
| you | have schmeared |
| they | have schmeared |
Past
| I | schmeared |
| you | schmeared |
| he;she;it | schmeared |
| we | schmeared |
| you | schmeared |
| they | schmeared |
Pluperfect
| I | had schmeared |
| you | had schmeared |
| he;she;it | had schmeared |
| we | had schmeared |
| you | had schmeared |
| they | had schmeared |
Future
| I | will schmear |
| you | will schmear |
| he;she;it | will schmear |
| we | will schmear |
| you | will schmear |
| they | will schmear |
Future Perfect
| I | will have schmeared |
| you | will have schmeared |
| he;she;it | will have schmeared |
| we | will have schmeared |
| you | will have schmeared |
| they | will have schmeared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | schmear |
| you | schmear |
| he;she;it | schmear |
| we | schmear |
| you | schmear |
| they | schmear |
Perfect
| I | have schmeared |
| you | have schmeared |
| he;she;it | have schmeared |
| we | have schmeared |
| you | have schmeared |
| they | have schmeared |
Imperfect
| I | schmeared |
| you | schmeared |
| he;she;it | schmeared |
| we | schmeared |
| you | schmeared |
| they | schmeared |
Pluperfect
| I | had schmeared |
| you | had schmeared |
| he;she;it | had schmeared |
| we | had schmeared |
| you | had schmeared |
| they | had schmeared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would schmear |
| you | would schmear |
| he;she;it | would schmear |
| we | would schmear |
| you | would schmear |
| they | would schmear |
Perfect
| I | would have schmeared |
| you | would have schmeared |
| he;she;it | would have schmeared |
| we | would have schmeared |
| you | would have schmeared |
| they | would have schmeared |
Imperative
| you | schmear |
| we | Let's schmear |
| you | schmear |
Verbs conjugated like 'schmear'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'schmear'
schmeer,
shmear,
shear,
shmeer,
smear,
behear,
besmear,
char,
cheap,
cheare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear, smearcase. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.
2. The sense “bribe” is from Yiddish שמירן (shmirn, “to smear, to bribe”), senses found also in German schmieren. The implication is that a bribe helps “lubricate” an interaction. See: German, old spelling '
schmieren', German, old spelling '
schmieren'.
Sample Sentences
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"What happened?"
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"Nothing."
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"How could nothing happen if you're not with her? Listen, did you grease that d.j.?"
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"No."
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"You didn't schmear him? You think the world owes you a living?" [1969, Morris Renek, Siam Miami, page 131:]
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[…] I slipped the guy a hundred dollars."
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"You had to schmear him to sell you a patch?" [2003, Lawrence Block, Small Town, page 638:]