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chazzerai

/ˈxɑːzəɹaɪ/

chazzerai noun: junk; trash; anything worthless.

Noun

chazzerai (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Junk; trash; anything worthless.
    • That movie was nothing but chazzerai.
  2. (slang) Food that is awful
    • Who could eat such chazzerai?
  3. (slang) Anything disgusting or loathsome.
    • A good deal of contemporary theater strikes me as chazzerai.

Forms of chazzerai

alternative formchozzerai
alternative formkhazeray
alternative formchazerai

Origin of chazzerai

Borrowed from Yiddish חזירײַ (khazeray, “filth, mess, dirty trick”), from Hebrew חזיר (khazír, “pig”).

Questions about chazzerai

What does chazzerai mean?
Chazzerai means junk; trash; anything worthless.
What part of speech is chazzerai?
Chazzerai is a noun.
How do you pronounce chazzerai?
Chazzerai is pronounced /ˈxɑːzəɹaɪ/.

Words near chazzerai in the dictionary

  1. chazzanuth
  2. chazzen
  3. chazzenim
  4. chazzens
  5. chazzer
  6. chazzerai
  7. chazzers
  8. chaîne opératoire
  9. Chañabal
  10. CHB
  11. chbG

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