blech

See also: Blech

English

Etymology 1

Imitative.

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  • IPA(key): /blɛk/, /blɛx/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Interjection

blech

  1. (slang) An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.
    Blech! Look at all those maggots!
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Verb

blech (third-person singular simple present bleches, present participle bleching, simple past and past participle bleched)

  1. (slang) To have the vomiting reflex triggered.

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Etymology 2

A copper blech covers the lit burners on a stovetop, keeping food warm for the Shabbat meal.

From Yiddish בלעך (blekh). Related to German Blech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɛx/

Noun

blech (plural blechs)

  1. (Judaism) A metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.
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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblɛx]
  • Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

blech

  1. genitive plural of blecha
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