schmeiss

noun

ˈshmīs

plural -es

: a bid in klaberjass that requires the opponent to accept the bidder's trump suit or abandon the hand

Word History

Etymology

German schmeissen to fling, throw away, from Middle High German smīzen to stroke, smear, strike, from Old High German -smīzan (in bismīzan to defile, stain)

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