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Jew¹
- /d͡ʒuː/
Sounds like dew, due (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
noun Jews · Jewes · Joo
- An adherent of Judaism. Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork.
- A member or descendant of the Jewish people. Many Jews eat bagels.
- A miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate. “Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?”
- A ship's tailor.
proper noun Jews · Joo
- A surname.
adjective more Jew · most Jew · Joo
- Jewish. Whenever a Jew nose casts its sinister shadow over the register, the hotel-keeper suddenly discovers that his hostelry is full to overflowing, and profoundly, but firmly, regrets his inability to receive any more guests.
verb Jews · Jewing · Jewed · Joo
- To make (more) Jewish. 1991, E. Sicher, The Jewing of Skylock: Wesker's "The Merchant" (MLS 21 (1991), 57–69)
- To haggle or swindle in order to obtain a better deal (from someone). They stops you on the sly in the streets, and tells you to call at their house at sitch a hour of the day, and when you goes there they smuggles you quietly into some room by yourselves, and then sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can, prizing up their own things, and downcrying yourn.
jew²
- /d͡ʒuː/ UK, US
Sounds like Jew, dew · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
Transferred use of Jew.
verb jews · jewing · jewed · Jew
- Alternative letter-case form of Jew.Jew 'You're jewing me on the price, right? Well get this and get it good, I don't get jewed. Not by anybody.' Dan, who had lost the toss and taken the call, wished John a Merry Christmas. The advent of Christmas compounded their problems.
noun jews · Jew
- The jewfish. The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.
- Alternative letter-case form of Jew (“a Jewish person”).Jew It is jews behind the campaign to destroy it, admits WND house jew. Just as we WN have said all along.
jew³
- /d͡ʒuː/ UK, US
