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kyke

kyke is the alternative spelling of kike.

Meaning of kike

Noun

kike (plural kikes)

  1. (US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar) A Jew.
    • "Now you quit kidding me! What's the nice little name?" "Oh, it ain't so darn nice. I guess it's kind of kike. But my folks ain't kikes. My papa's papa was a nobleman in Poland, and there was a gentleman in here one day, he was kind of a count or something--"1922, Sinclair Lewis, “24”, in Babbitt
    Synonyms:
    heeb, Hymie, sheeny, shylock, yid
  2. (US, offensive, slang, vulgar) A miser; a contemptible, stingy person, particularly a well-endowed one.
    • That greedy kike would not give me any money when I was starving and needed food.
  3. (Judaism, US, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slang) An Eastern European Jew.
    • The German Jews are bitterly opposed to the "Kikes," as they persist in calling the Russian Jews.1912, Report of the National Conference of Jewish Charities in the United States, Cleveland

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Forms of kyke

pluralkykes

Questions about kyke

What is kyke the alternative spelling of?
Kyke is the alternative spelling of kike.

Words near kyke in the dictionary

  1. Kyivite
  2. Kyivites
  3. Kyivskyi
  4. Kyjiv
  5. Kyjivan Rus
  6. kyke
  7. kykeon
  8. kykeons
  9. Kyker
  10. Kykers
  11. kykes

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