schmear

schmear
/shmear/, Slang.
n.
1. a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
2. a number of related things, ideas, etc., resulting in a unified appearance, attitude, plan, or the like (usually used in the phrase the whole schmear).
3. a bribe.
v.t.
4. to spread; smear: Schmear it on the bread.
5. to bribe.
[1960-65; appar. < Yiddish shmirn to smear, grease; cf. MHG smirwen (G schmieren); see SMEAR]

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