‖ shtook slang.
(ʃtʊk)
Also schtook, schtuck, shtuck, etc.
[Origin unknown: app. not a Yiddish word.]
Trouble; esp. in phr. in (dead) shtook.
| 1936 G. Ingram Muffled Man iv. 68, I to come to you if I'm in ‘stook’. 1960 News Chron. 16 Feb. 6 In fact, I'm in shtook. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 280 The filth, who was supposed to be in dead shtook, was sitting there like he owned the gaff. 1971 F. Norman Dodger-Greaser vii. 136 It'd be a terrible fing if none or us could 'elp each uvva aht nar an' then wen we're in dead schtook. 1975 Observer 27 Apr. 33/1 The scheme went awry, landing David in shtuck with the Law and jeopardising his lucrative future. 1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxxi. 246 You know I'm in schtuck with my bosses. |