heeb

English

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Etymology

Abbreviation of Hebrew.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hiːb/

Noun

heeb (plural heebs)

  1. (slang, US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Jew.
    • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 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.
    Synonyms: Yid (not always pejorative), hymie, kike, sheeny, shylock

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