mashke

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noun

alcoholic drink, booze.

OriginYiddish משקה ← Hebrew מַשְׁקֶה →
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Meanings

nounmashke (uncountable)
  1. Jewishslanguncountablealcoholic drink, booze.

    There's a little kiddush, and one of the rabbis may wander around with a bottle of mashke if people want to make a little lechaim, but that's about it.

    2002 September 30, Jonathan J. Baker, “Drinking on Simchas Torah”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Hebrewמַשְׁקֶה“drink, beverage”
  2. Yiddishמשקה
  3. Englishmashke

Borrowed from Yiddish משקה (mashke), derived from Hebrew מַשְׁקֶה (“drink, beverage”).

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APA

mashke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashke

MLA

“mashke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mashke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashke.

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