chashash

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Pronunciations

chashash (kha-SHAHSH) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A fear, danger, worry.

  • n. A suspicion, hint, inkling.

Example Sentences

  • "Of course, if you take a Friday flight, there's always a chashash that you'll be stranded somewhere on Shabbat." (Glinert)

  • "One of the hiddurim it discusses is that the strings are 'ללא חשש 'פורגן, without a chashash (fear) of 'פורגן.'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • חשש chashash '(a) worry'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      choshash

Notes

  • Definitions were contributed, in part, from Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow.

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