noun
- plural of shmear: a spread or coating, especially cream cheese on a bagel
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
Examples
- The deli offered various shmears for the bagels.
- She ordered everything bagels with different shmears.
- The cream cheese shmears were freshly made that morning.
- They had lox shmears and vegetable shmears available.
- The bagel shop was famous for its homemade shmears.