Meanings
nounshmaltz (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of schmaltz.
“My inbox is always open,” says [Alice] Zaslavsky, referencing a direct message she had received that morning from a woman wondering if lamb shmaltz would be too intense for knedle. (The answer was yes.)
2025 June 7, Laura Brehaut, “The joy of salads […]”, in National Post, volume 27, number 179, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page FP19, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
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APA
shmaltz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmaltz
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“shmaltz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmaltz. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shmaltz,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmaltz.
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