shneid

plural shneids

1. USinformalhobbiesA losing streak, especially a hitless period in baseball.

   Ok. The dolphins got off the shneid by finally beating the Jets in the first go round.

   2002 November 10, “Jets Vs. Dolphins”, in alt.sports.football.pro.miami-dolphins (Usenet)

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   Danny Kaye was an avid baseball fan, passionately devoted to his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers who broke the shneid by beating the Yankees in the previous World Series.

   2001, Ilana Abramovitch with Seán Galvin, Jews of Brooklyn, page 315

   Cal is 3-0 all-time against the Boilermakers and is in a good position to keep Purdue on the shneid.

   2003 March 21, “Cal Tennis Welcomes Purdue”, in dailycal.org

   [Eric Osmundson] has to get off the shneid, David [Whitehurst] has to help us, and even Ibby's better than 2-for-7. Hopefully, it'll start to come.

   2005 December 3, “Jaaber, Penn turn back Navy”, in Philadelphia Daily News