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SCHEMOZZLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schemozzle mean? 

SCHEMOZZLE (noun)
  The noun SCHEMOZZLE has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a messplay

  Familiarity information: SCHEMOZZLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCHEMOZZLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

schemozzle; shemozzle

Hypernyms ("schemozzle" is a kind of...):

confusion (disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)


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