Meanings
nounshnook (plural shnooks)
plural shnooks
- alternativeAlternative spelling of schnook.
But the top goon's one-panel reform described by Robin on the last page was absolutely cringeworthy … especially since the author had so successfully built up his image as a first-rate shnook.
1967 November, Guy Lillian, “Letters to the Batcave”, in Batman, number 196, Sparta, Ill.: National Periodical Publications, →OCLC, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shnook
booklooktookoutlookhookbrookbrookeshookkochoverlookchinookcrooklogbookrookmookchookovercookblookjookchequebookabrookbring to bookby hook or by crookCorner Brook
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shnook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shnook
MLA
“shnook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shnook. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shnook,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shnook.
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