shtuck

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noun

Trouble.

“If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.”

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Meanings

nounshtuck (uncountable)

alternative schtook · alternative schtuck · alternative shtook

  1. slanguncountableTrouble.

    If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.

Origin

Uncertain. Theories include that it is an alteration of stuck with the sch- sound found in many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck, or that it derives from Yiddish שטיק (shtik) or German Stück (“piece”), as in Stück Dreck (“piece of dirt”) or שטיק דרעק (shtik drek, “piece of shit”).

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APA

shtuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtuck

MLA

“shtuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtuck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shtuck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtuck.

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