schmear
noun
[ ʃmɪə ]
• an underhand inducement.
• "he knew the schmear was on when the producer invited him to lunch"
• a smear or spread.
• "a schmear of low-fat cream cheese"
schmear
verb
• flatter or ingratiate oneself with (someone).
• "he was buying us drinks and schmearing us up"
Origin:
1960s: from Yiddish shmirn ‘flatter, grease’.
