HyperDic: shnook

English > 1 sense of the word shnook:
NOUNperson shnook, schnook(Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised
English > shnook: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning(Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised.
Example"don't be such an apologetic shnook"
Synonymschnook
CategoryYiddishA dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words
Broadersimpleton, simpleA person lacking intelligence or common sense

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