vikuakh

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Pronunciations

vikuakh (vee-KOO-ahkh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A debate, disputation.

Example Sentences

  • “When I was growing up, we were required to hold forth on worthy topics at the dinner table and have a ‘gute vikuekh’ (good debate) as my grandfather used to say.” (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y װיכּוח vikuekh

      • 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

      vikuach, vikuekh, vikuech

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