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Definition of shemozzle in English: shemozzle(also schemozzle) noun ʃɪˈmɒz(ə)lʃəˈmɑzəl informal A state of chaos and confusion; a muddle. 〈非正式〉混乱（或脏乱、糊涂）状态 the debate about climate change and how to deal with it is a shemozzle Example sentencesExamples - According to a prison officer ‘there was a right schemozzle just as Mass ended.’
- And let us contrast it with the frequent shemozzles that characterise Her Majesty's Opposition, wherein disputes, dissent and debates rage.
- It wouldn't do, either, to underestimate the parental anger over the shemozzle of the current meningitis vaccine programme.
- I think it's absolutely fair to say that the immediate responses in dealing with the community exposure were a shemozzle.
- Here's the upshot of the whole shemozzle as I see it.
OriginLate 19th century: Yiddish, suggested by late Hebrew šel-lō'-mazzāl 'of no luck'. Definition of shemozzle in US English: shemozzle(also schemozzle) nounʃəˈmɑzəlSHəˈmäzəl informal A state of chaos and confusion; a muddle. 〈非正式〉混乱（或脏乱、糊涂）状态 the debate about climate change and how to deal with it is a shemozzle Example sentencesExamples - Here's the upshot of the whole shemozzle as I see it.
- I think it's absolutely fair to say that the immediate responses in dealing with the community exposure were a shemozzle.
- And let us contrast it with the frequent shemozzles that characterise Her Majesty's Opposition, wherein disputes, dissent and debates rage.
- According to a prison officer ‘there was a right schemozzle just as Mass ended.’
- It wouldn't do, either, to underestimate the parental anger over the shemozzle of the current meningitis vaccine programme.
OriginLate 19th century: Yiddish, suggested by late Hebrew šel-lō'-mazzāl ‘of no luck’. |