smoes

Meaning

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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Concepts

pretext

resort

jive

excuse

plea

schmoos

negligent

schmooze

schmoose

cop-out

Synonyms

smoesje

draaierij

toevlucht

voorwendsel

dekmantel

zever

nonsens

pretext

omweg

Translations

Umschweif

Ausflucht

Ausrede

Vorwand

Ausweg

faux-fuyant

Flause

détour

prétexte

pretexto

pretext

pretesto

pretexto

bahane

Schmus

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish: שמועס

In summary

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