SHIKSA

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shiksa mean? 

• SHIKSA (noun)
  The noun SHIKSA has 1 sense:

1. a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

  Familiarity information: SHIKSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIKSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

shiksa; shikse

Hypernyms ("shiksa" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

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)