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CHACHKA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chachka mean?
• CHACHKA (noun)
The noun CHACHKA has 2 senses:
1. (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
2. (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
Familiarity information: CHACHKA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chachka; tchotchke; tchotchkeleh; tsatske; tshatshke
Hypernyms ("chachka" is a kind of...):
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
chachka; tchotchke; tsatske; tshatshke
Hypernyms ("chachka" is a kind of...):
collectable; collectible (things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique))
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
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