shikse

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A form of shiksa — A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.

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Meanings

nounshikse (plural shikses)

plural shikses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shiksa.

    So that's your task when your mother releases you into the world: to warm back into life the chilly universe of shiksehs.

    2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 26
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    My father…and a shikse? Can’t be. Was beyond his ken. My own father – fucked shikses? I’ll admit under duress that he fucked my mother…but shikses? I can no more imagine him knocking over a gas station.

    1969, Philip Roth, Portnoys Complaint

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

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womanadult female
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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

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Chicago

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