Definitions

  • v. To annoy, bother.

Example Sentences

  • "Just don't drey a spodik."

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • דרײ|ען <דאַט> אַ ספּאָדיק dreyen a spodik, lit. 'to turn a spodik'

    • 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 spodik, drey a spodick, dray a spodick

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