capeesh
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capeesh? — question form American do you understand? The words are angli cisations of the Italian capisci? ► You dig? Capeesh? Understand? Dig? Didn t they teach you that in Kiev? (Red Heat, US film, 1988) … Contemporary slang
capeesh — [kə pi:ʃ] exclamation informal, chiefly US do you understand?: Upstairs is off limits. Capeesh? Origin 1940s: from Ital. capisce, third person singular present tense of capire understand … English new terms dictionary
capeesh — interj. do you understand? … English contemporary dictionary
capeesh — … Useful english dictionary
Omertà (novel) — Omertà … Wikipedia
capiche — 1940s slang, from It. capisci? do you understand? from capire to understand, from L. capere seize, grasp, take (see CAPABLE (Cf. capable)). Also spelled as coppish, kabish, capeesh, etc … Etymology dictionary
capeeshee? — question form American do you understand? The words are angli cisations of the Italian capisci? ► You dig? Capeesh? Understand? Dig? Didn t they teach you that in Kiev? (Red Heat, US film, 1988) … Contemporary slang
coppish? — question form American an alternative spelling of capeesh … Contemporary slang
kabish? — Verb. Understand? Also spelt kapeesh, capeesh. An anglicization of the Italian capisci? Orig. U.S … English slang and colloquialisms
