"heebish" meaning in All languages combined

See heebish on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From heeb + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heeb|ish}} heeb + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} heebish
  1. (slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of Jews. Tags: US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-heebish-en-adj-~LBi5615 Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs
  2. (slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Miserly, greedy, stingy. Tags: US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-heebish-en-adj-xtd4xxny Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kikeish

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          "ref": "1999 January 26, Jesse Staniforth, “who is jewess”, in alt.punk (Usenet)",
          "text": "There was much talk at The Party Of The Year on saturday night. My rather heebish friend Scott was bonkers over a girl whose name I dare not mention, save that he was rather drunk and refused to refer to her as anything but \"The shikse Goddess\". She reminded us all of Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. He was beside himself.",
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          "ref": "2002 March 27, Buck Turgidson, “Heebetudinous”, in alt.california (Usenet)",
          "text": "And yes, that's what it's about. Some punk writing about sleeping with Ginsberg, despite their fifty-year age difference and homogenous sexuality. What's echt heebish? There's your answer. A hack fag poet and the power to plant him on playlists nationwide.",
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          "ref": "2002 December 7, Texas Ted, “AntiSemitism is a Disease”, in us.politics (Usenet)",
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