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SHEGETZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shegetz mean?
• SHEGETZ (noun)
The noun SHEGETZ has 1 sense:
1. an offensive term for non-Jewish young man
Familiarity information: SHEGETZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An offensive term for non-Jewish young man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
why does she like all those shkotzim?
Hypernyms ("shegetz" is a kind of...):
gentile; goy; non-Jew (a Christian as contrasted with a Jew)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
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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