sche|moz|zle

sche|moz|zle
sche|moz|zle «shuh MOZ uhl», noun. Especially British Slang.
1. a mix-up; mess; confusion: »

Nobody knows…how fearsome a schemozzle will develop at the Motorway's terminal points (Punch).

2. a fight; quarrel: »

[He had] to leave the field with a cut forehead after a schemozzle (Listener).

Also, schemozzle.
[probably alteration of Yiddish shlemazl an unlucky person or thing]

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  • zle — adaz·zle; ai·zle; bam·boo·zle; bam·boo·zle·ment; bez·zle; bum·fuz·zle; daz·zle·ment; driz·zle droz·zle; em·bez·zle; em·bez·zle·ment; goo·zle; ha·zle; hea·zle·wood·ite; noz·zle·man; piz·zle; puz·zle·ment; raz·zle; sche·moz·zle; schnoz·zle;… …   English syllables

  • sche — au·to·sche·di·asm; au·to·sche·di·as·tic; deut·sche; en·sche·de; gno·ri·mo·sche·ma; nietz·sche·an·ism; sche·her·a·za·di·an; sche·ma; sche·mat·i·cal·ly; sche·ma·tism; sche·ma·tist; sche·ma·ti·za·tion; sche·ma·tize; sche·ma·tiz·er; sche·mato·gram;… …   English syllables

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