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adjective
- 1. (of a person) mad; crazy: informal North American "either a miracle is taking place, or we're all meshuga"
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Meshuga: Borrowed from Hebrew, meshuga (mi-SHOO-gah) means “crazy” in Yiddish. It can also be pronounced meshigeh, meshugeh or even meshugie. Other related words: A person who is meshuga is called a meshuganer (mi-SHOO-gi-ner).
: foolish, eccentric entry 1. In Israel today one typically hears two comments about "Talik," as he is universally known: that he is short (in fact, he is barely five feet six) and that he is meshuga. Peter Hellman. The former is a smooth crooner, à la Dean Martin, and the latter is a high-energy meshuga comedian, à la Jerry Lewis. Roger A. Berger.
In Yiddish, meshugene(r) -- with the "ne(r)" ending -- is used as an attributive adjective modifying a noun (e.g., a meshugene froy, 'a crazy woman'), whereas meshuge is a predicative adjective (zi iz meshuge, 'she is crazy'). This distinction is preserved for many speakers of Jewish English (e.g., "He is absolutely meshuga!" vs.
Meshuga definition: crazy; insane.. See examples of MESHUGA used in a sentence.
1. foolish or irrational. don't do anything crazy. 2. wildly excited; out of control. the fans went crazy. 3. fantastic; strange; ridiculous. a crazy dream. 4. outrageous; excessive. at a crazy speed. 5. (postpositive; foll by about or over) informal. extremely fond (of) 6. offensive. having a mental illness, esp one causing aberrant behaviour.
Definitions of meshuga. adjective. senseless; crazy. synonyms: meshugga, meshugge, meshuggeneh, meshuggener. impractical. not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters.
Meshuga definition: Crazy; senseless.
Define meshuga. meshuga synonyms, meshuga pronunciation, meshuga translation, English dictionary definition of meshuga. also me·shug·ga adj. Slang Crazy; senseless. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
What does the word meshuga mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word meshuga. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word meshuga? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word meshuga pronounced?
adjective senseless; crazy. Etymologies. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. [Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew məšuggā‘, participle of šugga‘, to be mad; see šgע in Semitic roots.] Support. Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word meshuga . Examples.
