schmutz

American  

[shmoots] / ʃmʊts /

Also shmutz

noun

Slang.

1. dirt; filth; garbage.

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Etymology

Origin of schmutz

First recorded in 1965–70; from Yiddish shmuts or German Schmutz, Middle High German smuz; smudge, smut, Middle English bismotered “bespattered, soiled” (all presumably expressive variants of same Germanic base)

Example Sentences

With the summons, Switzerland's foreign ministry had wanted to convey that "we don't understand such violence", Monika Schmutz Kirgoz, who heads the ministry's Middle East and North Africa division told the RTS public broadcaster.

From Barron's

When Switzerland on Thursday joined a number of other European nations in summoning their Iranian ambassador in condemnation of the crackdown, it had expressed "our greatest concern regarding the violence we have witnessed perpetrated by the Iranian security forces", Schmutz Kirgoz said.

From Barron's

"This was the most complicated genome sequence we've yet completed," said Jeremy Schmutz, Plant Program lead at the JGI and faculty investigator at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.

From Science Daily

The front area of the Camp store is the retail area, called the “canteen,” which features merchandise and play areas as well as the “Schmutz Schtation” — a DIY slime bar.

From Los Angeles Times

“Wipe that schmutz off your face, you two. The four of us are having a night on the town!”

From Literature