meshugga


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me·shu·ga

also me·shug·ga  (mə-sho͝og′ə)
adj. Slang
Crazy; senseless.
[Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew məšuggā', participle of šugga', to be mad; see šgʕ in Semitic roots.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.meshugga - senselessmeshugga - senseless; crazy      
meshuga, meshugge, meshuggeneh, meshuggener
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
impractical - not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"
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