shmek

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Definitions

  • v. To smell.

  • v. To smell, exude an odor.

  • v. To hint, suggest, smack.

Example Sentences

  • “You can shmek the yeshiva's chulnt all over the neighborhood.” (Weiser)

  • “The neighborhood shmeks from the yeshiva's chulnt.” (Weiser)

  • “Your attitude shmeks of gaiva.” (Weiser)

  • "This, Rav Yaakov explained, is the primary concept used in the Gemara to differentiate between the generations. The earlier generations had a feeling, a sense—a ‘shmek’, for what was right and wrong." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שמעקן shmekn

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      shmeck

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