shreklakh

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Pronunciations

shreklakh (SHREK-lahkh) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Terrible, terrifying, awful.

Example Sentences

  • "What a shreklakh story!"

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  • “I had a shreklich headache and couldn't go to seder.” (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שרעקלעך shreklekh

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      shreklekh, shreklach, shreklech, shreklikh, shreklich

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