heeb

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Etymology

Clipping of Hebrew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːb/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

heeb (plural heebs)

  1. (slang, US, outdated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Jew.
    Synonyms: (not always pejorative) Yid, Hymie, kike, sheeny, shylock
    • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Quit Foolin’ with That Comb”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 49:
      Most of the famous and up-and-coming performers of the day […] were heebs, and the boys had the feeling that we should all stick together and not knock the big names of "our" race.

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