heeb
English
Etymology
Clipping of Hebrew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiːb/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːb
Noun
heeb (plural heebs)
- (slang, US, outdated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Jew.
- 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.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “Hebe n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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