CHACHKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chachka mean? 

• CHACHKA (noun)
  The noun CHACHKA has 2 senses:

1. (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman

2. (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket

  Familiarity information: CHACHKA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHACHKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chachka; tchotchke; tchotchkeleh; tsatske; tshatshke

Hypernyms ("chachka" is a kind of...):

fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chachka; tchotchke; tsatske; tshatshke

Hypernyms ("chachka" is a kind of...):

collectable; collectible (things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique))

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)