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Meshugga

A Yiddish word for crazy or crazy person. Many times it can be used as a term of endearment by Jewish Grandmothers or Babushkas.
My grandson is such a meshugga but he is so adorable... and needs to eat more!
by waywardcello May 24, 2009
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meshugga

crazy or senseless
most people make up their own defintion for it,
This Geo is meshugga.
by Tinglystix May 2, 2006
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Meshugga

1. Slang for "Meshuggah".
2. Describes a "crazy", "insane", "mad" in Yiddish.
3. Describes a black African American that has an extreme views on things
"Be careful of that Meshugga, he is darker than my past"
by DontKillTurtles May 21, 2024
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meshuga

To be insane, crazy, or senseless.

If you discuss something that is taboo, then you might be meshuga.

If a person acts in a way that senseless, he or she might be a meshuga.

Yiddish roots
The hysterical executive responded, "are you meshuga? Ask me about anything else... but please, not about THAT"

Mendel: Come on Heschel, schlepp on over to the butcher!
Heschel: Mendel, are you meshuga? that place isnt kosher!
Ruva: It doesnt matter, neither of you two are straight up jew.
by g-diggity April 15, 2008
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meshugaas

Yiddish slang. Madness, Craziness, stupidity.
The stockmarket is meshugaas!
by C.Lyons December 2, 2004
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meshuggah

n.

1. A metal band from Sweden whose music features many dizzingly complex polyrhythms and hemiolas characteristic of free jazz and African drumming.

2. A metal group whose rhythmic concepts tend to go right over the heads of most metal fans, leading them to pigeonhole the band with such descriptions as "toughest band I've ever heard," thus raping them of the credibility they deserve.

adj.

1. Yiddish for "crazy."
Meshuggah is meshuggah!
by Sommy July 9, 2004
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meshuggah

progressive metal band from Sweden.

features of their music are;

-polymeters
-polyrhythms
-free-form solos similar to modern jazz
-extremely brutal sound, almost binary in dynamic nature.
"meshuggah are innovating a whole new genre of music that will be copied for many years"
by cyrus beaumont August 18, 2004
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