jew

See also: Jew

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /dʒuː/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophones: Jew, dew
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From the stereotype of Jews as scheming merchants. Compare gyp (“swindle”) (which is probably from gypsy (“Roma”)), and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh.

Alternative forms

Verb

jew (third-person singular simple present jews, present participle jewing, simple past and past participle jewed)

  1. (offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.

See also

Etymology 2

Phrase

jew

  1. Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
  2. Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.

Anagrams

Maltese

FWOTD – 16 September 2016

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْ‎ (ʾaw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛw/

Conjunction

jew

  1. or
    • "Joe Mizzi ma jeskludix li tinbena l-infrastruttura għall-'monorail' jew ferrovija", in iNew Malta, 20 November 2015.
      Il-Ministru għat-Trasport u l-Infrastruttura Joe Mizzi ma eskludiex il-possibiltà li f'Malta tinbena l-infrastruttura għall-monorail jew ferrovija.
      Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Joe Mizzi didn't rule out the possibility that monorail or railway infrastructure be built in Malta.
  2. else
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