rays shtiker

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Definitions

  • v. To harass, torment.

Example Sentences

  • "get shikur
    on likur
    rays shticker
    end up sicker" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • רײַסן שטיקער raysn shtiker, lit. 'tear pieces'

      • 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

      reis shtiker, rais shtiker, rays shticker, rais shticker, reis shticker

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