schmutz

[ shmoo ts ]
/ ʃmʊts /

noun Slang.

dirt; filth; garbage.

Origin of schmutz

1965–70; < Yiddish shmuts or German Schmutz, Middle High German smuz; cf. smudge, smut, Middle English bismotered bespattered, soiled (all presumably expressive variants of same Germanic base)

Words nearby schmutz

schmo, schmoose, schmooze, schmuck, schmutter, schmutz, schmutzy, schm‐, schnabel, schnapper, schnapps