shkotzim

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US/ˈʃkɑtsɪm/UK/ˈʃkɒtsɪm/

A form of shegetz — A gentile, a non-Jewish male.

OriginYiddish שקצים ← Hebrew שְׁקָצִים →
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shegetz

    ...my father made it sound to me like Roosevelt in the White House in Washington ... and all the while how he hated their guts ... oh the whole pack of them up there in Massachusetts, shkotzim fox-hunting! playing polo!

    1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint
  2. pluralplural of shkotz

Origin

  1. Hebrewשְׁקָצִים
  2. Yiddishשקצים
  3. Englishshkotzim

From Yiddish שקצים (shkotsem), from Hebrew שְׁקָצִים (shkatsím), plural of שֶׁקֶץ (shékets, “abomination”).

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APA

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

MLA

“shkotzim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shkotzim. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shkotzim,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shkotzim.

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