shlenter

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fake, especially a fake diamond.
  2. A scam, ploy, fraud, trick.
    — I did a shlenter. I went up to the girl while she was opening the gate and asked her to leave it open.
  3. A scammer.
动词 v.
  1. To acquire in an underhanded way. rare,transitive
  2. To scam, fool, deceive, trick. rare,transitive
    — In the time I spend at Rhodes I will encounter many brilliant minds and come to understand principles, strategies and tactics, caucusing, shlentering, back-stabbing, manipulation, campaigning, alliances – and I will also witness the depths of human determination and depravity, and the utter Shakespearean nature of it all.
形容词 adj.
  1. Fake, not genuine, counterfeit. not-comparable
    — There was a good deal of talk on the about about certain racing men last evening publicly taking "shlenter" wages …

词形变化

shlenters plural schlenter alternative slenter alternative shlenters present,singular,third-person shlentering participle,present shlentered participle,past shlentered past schlenter alternative slenter alternative schlenter alternative slenter alternative

词源

词源 1
From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).
词源 2
From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).
词源 3
From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).
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