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Webster 1913 Edition
Kike
Kike
(kīk)
, Verb.
I.
[Cf. D.
kijken
, Sw. kika
.] To gaze; to stare.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
Kike
Kike
See also: kike
Spanish
Proper noun
Kike m
- a diminutive of the given name Enrique
Alternative forms
- Quique, Kique, Quike
References
- Kike on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
kike
kike
See also: Kike
English
Noun
kike (plural kikes)
- (US, highly offensive, ethnic slur, religious slur) A Jew.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “24”, in Babbitt:
- "Now you quit kidding me! What's the nice little name?" "Oh, it ain't so darn nice. I guess it's kind of kike. But my folks ain't kikes. My papa's papa was a nobleman in Poland, and there was a gentleman in here one day, he was kind of a count or something--"
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- (US, highly offensive) A contemptible person, especially one who is stingy.
- That greedy kike would not give me any money when I was starving and needed food.
Synonyms
Translations
offensive: Jew
non-offensive — see Jew
References
- ↑ Kim Pearson (2003), “kike”, in kpearson.faculty.tcnj.edu, archived from the original on 2008-06-02
External links
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /çi:ke/, [çi:kə]
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kiken. Related to Swedish kika.
Verb
kike (imperative kik, present tense kiker, past tense keik or kek, past participle kiket, present participle kikende)
Related terms
References
“kike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
kike (imperative kik, present tense kik, past tense keik, past participle kike, present participle kikande)
Related erms
References
“kike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swahili
Adjective
kike
- female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes)
This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at female. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see kike in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009