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SHEMOZZLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shemozzle mean?
• SHEMOZZLE (noun)
The noun SHEMOZZLE has 1 sense:
1. (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
Familiarity information: SHEMOZZLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
schemozzle; shemozzle
Hypernyms ("shemozzle" 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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