shicker

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • adj. Tipsy, drunk.

  • n. A drunk; someone who drinks a lot of alcohol.

Example Sentences

  • "She was so shikered at the bat mitzvah, it was embarrassing."

  • “She got a wee bit shiker.” (NJY)

  • "He's a shicker."

  • "Every Purim Bernie gets shiker and I end up having to drive him home." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH שיכור shikór > Y שיכּור shíker

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shiker, shickered, shikur, shikker, shiker, shikkur, shikor, schicker

Notes

  • also farshickered, fer shikered (from Yiddish פֿאַרשיכּורט farshikert) 'intoxicated'

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