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capeesh

ca peesh |kəˈpēsh kəˈpiʃ | ▶exclam. informal do you understand?: Upstairs is off limits. Capeesh? ORIGIN 1940s: from Italian capisce, third person singular present tense of capire ‘understand. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

capeesh

capeesh |kəˈpiːʃ | ▶exclamation informal, chiefly US do you understand?: Upstairs is off limits. Capeesh? ORIGIN 1940s: from Italian capisce third person singular present tense of capire ‘understand ’.