smoes

(Anglais)

Noun

excuse, pretext

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of smoezen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of smoezen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of smoezen:

smoezen

to schmooze, talk softly, murmur, whisper

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Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à yiddish: שמועס

In summary

Borrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues, “talk, schmooze”).
Attested since 1901.

Concepts

détour

faux-fuyant

prétexte

bourde

se désengager

Synonymes

smoesje

draaierij

toevlucht

voorwendsel

dekmantel

zever

nonsens

pretext

omweg

Traductions

Umschweif

Ausflucht

Ausrede

Vorwand

Ausweg

pretext

Flause

pretexto

resort

pretexto

plea

excuse

bahane

pretext

jive