drey a kop

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Definitions

  • v. To muddle one up; annoy, pester.

Example Sentences

  • "as with everything else people just have [to] be respectful, If u’re not interested in the girl/boy don’t shlep it say it right away , it only gets harder the longer u shlep it. Be honest don’t drey a kop." (source)

  • "As my Nana would have said, 'Stop dreying my kop!'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • דרײען אַ קאָפּ dreyen a kop 'to twist a head'

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      dray a kop, drey a kup, dray a kup, drey one's kop, dray one's kop, drai one's kop, drei one's kop

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