schmeer
Bagel's creamy topping
Schmeer comes from Yiddish and means to spread or smear, or the substance being spread—typically cream cheese on a bagel.
By extension, schmeer refers to a bribe or payoff: a little schmeer to grease the wheels.
The phrase the whole schmeer means everything, the entire package: They ordered the whole schmeer—lox, bagels, the works.
Also spelled schmear.
Soft spreadable dairy product
- bagelBoiled, then baked roll
- loxSalt-cured salmon
- deliPrepared foods shop
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
butter · slather · layer · topping · knife · thick · generous · dab
Culminating benefit received
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- greaseThick oily lubricant
- baksheeshGratuity or small bribe
- sweetenerAdditive reducing bitterness
hush money · graft · palm · inducement · fix · corruption · under the table
cream cheese
Soft spreadable dairy product
toast · butter · slather · layer · topping · knife · thick · generous · dab · coating
payoff
Culminating benefit received
sweetener · hush money · graft · palm · inducement · fix · corruption · under the table
everything
The complete set
lot · works · shebang · enchilada · kit and caboodle · bundle · totality
schmooze
Chat to gain favor
schmuck · kvetch · chutzpah · maven · klutz · nosh · mensch · kibitz · tchotchke · shmatte