chush
Pronunciations
| chush | (CHOOSH) | listen |
Definitions
n. A sense, feeling; flair.
Example Sentences
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"Rabbi Munitz has been involved in chinuch for many years and has a chush in helping boost the bochurim’s confidence and success." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
TH חוש khush 'sense' > Y חוש khush
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings
khusch, chusch, khush
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