- in shtook
- Adj. In trouble. Has various spellings such as in shtuk/stook/schtuk/schtook which has been suggested comes from Yiddish.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
in shtook
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shtook — [ʃtʊk] (also schtuck) noun informal trouble. Origin 1930s: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
shtook — … Useful english dictionary
in shtook — in shtook, etc (slang) In trouble • • • Main Entry: ↑shtook … Useful english dictionary
(be) in shtook — be in ˈshtook idiom (BrE, informal) to be in serious trouble Main entry: ↑shtookidiom … Useful english dictionary
in shtook — adj British in trouble. A very widespread expression which moved from a restricted demi monde and theatrical usage to common currency in the mid 1960s, partly through its use in the entertainment media. Shtuk in its various spellings is Yiddish… … Contemporary slang
in shtuk/shtook/stook/schtuk — adj British in trouble. A very widespread expression which moved from a restricted demi monde and theatrical usage to common currency in the mid 1960s, partly through its use in the entertainment media. Shtuk in its various spellings is Yiddish… … Contemporary slang
schtuck — UK [ʃtʊk] US noun [uncountable] british spoken trouble You are in big schtuck! Thesaurus: general problems and difficultiessynonym people and things that cause worry or problemshyponym * * * … Useful english dictionary
schtuck — noun variant spelling of shtook … English new terms dictionary
schtick — noun 1. (Yiddish) a little; a piece give him a shtik cake he s a shtik crazy he played a shtik Beethoven • Syn: ↑shtik, ↑shtick, ↑schtik • … Useful english dictionary
have had it — (informal) 1 they admit that they ve had it: HAVE NO CHANCE, have no hope, have failed, be finished, be defeated, have lost; informal have flopped, have come a cropper. 2 if you tell anyone, you ve had it: BE IN TROUBLE, be in for a scolding;… … Useful english dictionary
