Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A noise maker used on Purim to drown out the name of Haman; something that makes a lot of noise.

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• גראַגער grager, גרעגער greger 'rattle'

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

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Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

Alternative Spellings

gragger, grogger, greger, gregger, groger