shtuck

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Theories include that it is an alteration of stuck with the sch- sound found in many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck,[1] or that it derives from Yiddish שטיק (shtik) or German Stück (“piece”), as in Stück Dreck (“piece of dirt”) or שטיק דרעק (shtik drek, “piece of shit”).

Noun

shtuck (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Trouble.
    If anyone so much as dints my car, they'll be in deep shtuck.

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References
  1. Eric Partridge (2005) “shtuck”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1743.

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