Associations to the word «Schnook»

Adjective

Verb

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Wiktionary

SCHNOOK, noun. (slang) A person who is easily taken advantage of.

Dictionary definition

SCHNOOK, noun. (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats