heeb

English

Alternative forms

• hebe
• Hebe
• Heeb

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: (not always pejorative) Yid, hymie, kike, sheeny, shylock

Anagrams

• Hebe, hebe, hebe-