schneid

See also: Schneid

English

Etymology

Clipping of schneider, from German Schneider (“tailor”).

Noun

schneid (plural schneids)

  1. (Canada, US, sports, slang) A losing streak.
  2. (gin rummy) A loss with no points scored.

Usage notes

  • A player or team is said to be on the schneid (having a losing streak) or off the schneid (winning again).

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.