avek

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Pronunciations

avek (ah-VEHK) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. Away; off.

Example Sentences

  • "When Molly gets annoyed at her cats, she tells them to 'gey avek!'"

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אַװעק avek

      • 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).

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