Tsuris
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tsʊɹɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tsuris is a noun meaning (US, colloquial, Jewish English) Problems or troubles.
Meaning
(US, colloquial, Jewish English) Problems or troubles.
Example Sentences
“Sounds to me, my friend, like you got some tsuris. Not full grown yet, not gehoketh tsuris, but tsuris.”
1997, Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, Wag the Dog, New Line Cinema Stanley Moss: I don't need this gig, I don't need the money, I don't need the tsuris ... I don't need it.
You think you got troubles? You should go down there and talk to some of those schnorrers. Still, what chutzbah^([sic]). It's like the Jewish moral sense, emerging from all that tsuris.
Word Forms
- tsures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trousies, soup, shtuck, trouble, tush, smoke.
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