Heebie

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A form of hebe — A Jew.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounHeebie (plural Heebies)

plural Heebies

  1. USalternativederogatoryethnicslangslurAlternative form of Hebe (“a Jew”).

    The man said, “I'll take one of them Heebies, not two.” So, I went back with them.

    2004, Philo Bregstein, Johanna Katherina Barends, Remembering Jewish Amsterdam, page 224
    1 more example

    We'd see the boys outside in their yarmulkes, and we'd laugh and call them the “little Heebies.” One time an older Jewish woman came along with us to lunch. Chris didn't know she was Jewish, and started in on the “Heebies,” […]

    2014, Crissy Shreve, BMom: Lovely Weeds, page 166
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APA

Heebie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heebie

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Chicago

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