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- Dictionarytchotchke/ˈtʃɒtʃkə/
noun
- 1. a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket: North American "a pig mug and a dozen or so other porcine tchotchkes adorn his office"
- 2. a pretty girl or woman: US "just look at my little tchotchke growing up"
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A tchotchke (/ ˈ tʃ ɒ tʃ k ə / CHOTCH-kə, / ˈ tʃ ɒ tʃ k iː / CHOTCH-kee) is a small bric-à-brac or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere. It is borrowed from Yiddish and is ultimately Slavic in origin.
noun. tchotch· ke ˈchäch-kə. -kē, ˈtsäts- plural tchotchkes. Synonyms of tchotchke. : knickknack, trinket. Carlene's furniture was garish and awful and every shelf or corner held tchotchkes and gewgaws and other tacky trinkets. Ingrid Law.
a small decorative object: My grandma's house was full of figurines and other tchotchkes. Synonym. knick-knack. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. decorations or a decoration. decoration It's time to put away the Christmas decorations. ornamentation The artifacts included a gold bracelet with beaded ornamentation.
A tchotchke is a small, cheap, ornamental trinket or souvenir; a knickknack. Tchotchke is taken from Yiddish, a dialect of German based on Hebrew. It has several English spellings, including chotchke, tchachke, and chachki. In Yiddish, it is also sometimes used as a term for a young girl or pretty woman.
A tchotchke is a small, decorative object that's not valuable or precious. When you travel to a foreign country, you might buy some tchotchkes to give as gifts to your friends back home. A tchotchke is some kind of trinket or bauble, like inexpensive jewelry or the prize you get in a cereal box.
Tchotchke (pronounced TZOTZ-keh, TCHOTCH-keh or TCHOTCH-kee) is a Yiddish term that refers to toys, trinkets, or decorations. The word often appears in the diminutive form of tchotchkele (TCHOTCH-keh-leh).
noun. slang. an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament. Also: chotchke. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
