Meaning

A fake, especially a fake diamond..

Definitions by Sense

1. A fake, especially a fake diamond.
2. A scam, ploy, fraud, trick.
3. A scammer.
4. (rare, transitive) To acquire in an underhanded way.
5. (rare, transitive) To scam, fool, deceive, trick.
6. Fake, not genuine, counterfeit.

Example Sentences

I did a shlenter. I went up to the girl while she was opening the gate and asked her to leave it open.

In the time I spend at Rhodes I will encounter many brilliant minds and come to understand principles, strategies and tactics, caucusing, shlentering, back-stabbing, manipulation, campaigning, alliances – and I will also witness the depths of human determination and depravity, and the utter Shakespearean nature of it all.

There was a good deal of talk on the about about certain racing men last evening publicly taking "shlenter" wages …

"Of course," whispers the seller, who had pushed his way to the side of the buyer, "this sale was only shlenter."

Word Forms

• shlenters
• schlenter
• slenter
• shlentering
• shlentered

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