heeb
English
Alternative forms
- hebe
- Hebe
- Heeb
Etymology
Abbreviation of Hebrew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiːb/
Noun
heeb (plural heebs)
- (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
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 49:
Anagrams
- Hebe, hebe, hebe-