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chaptzem

chaptzem interjection: help! Catch him/her/them!

Interjection

  1. Help! Catch him/her/them!

Origin of chaptzem

From Yiddish כאַפּטסעם (khaptsem), from כאַפּן (khapn, “to catch, get”) and אים (im, “him”).

Questions about chaptzem

What does chaptzem mean?
Chaptzem means help! Catch him/her/them!
What part of speech is chaptzem?
Chaptzem is an interjection.

Words near chaptzem in the dictionary

  1. chapterwise
  2. chaptre
  3. chaptrel
  4. chaptrels
  5. chaptres
  6. chaptzem
  7. Chapu
  8. chapulin
  9. Chaput
  10. Chaputs
  11. chapwoman

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