schnookとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ʃnʊk/
• 韻: -ʊk

名詞

schnook (plural schnooks)

1. (slang) A person who is easily taken advantage of.

   He’s just a schnook. She’s obviously using him but he keeps coming back for more abuse.

   • 1960 July 4, “Time listings”, in Time‎, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 April 2013:

     The Apartment. Producer-Director Billy Wilder tells of a sweet-natured schnook (brilliantly played by Jack Lemmon) who shoots up the corporate ladder.

   • 1967 November, Guy Lillian, “Letters to the Batcave”, in Batman, number 196, Sparta, Ill.: National Periodical Publications, →OCLC, column 2:

     But the top goon's one-panel reform described by Robin on the last page was absolutely cringeworthy … especially since the author had so successfully built up his image as a first-rate shnook.

別の表記

• shnook