"spaz" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /spæz/ Audio: En-au-spaz.ogg [Australia] Forms: spazzes [plural]
Rhymes: -æz Etymology: From spastic. Etymology templates: {{m|en|spastic}} spastic Head templates: {{en-noun|spazzes}} spaz (plural spazzes)
  1. A stupid or incompetent person. Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang Translations (incompetent person): spast [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-spaz-en-noun-uqiQ441p Disambiguation of 'incompetent person': 53 24 0 22
  2. A hyperactive person. Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-spaz-en-noun-rgDqmSTK
  3. A tantrum, a fit. Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang Translations (tantrum, fit): spasme [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-spaz-en-noun-hrUbWwMl Disambiguation of 'tantrum, fit': 0 0 98 2
  4. A person with spastic paralysis, spastic cerebral palsy or epilepsy Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-spaz-en-noun-Bl-DKDaK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spazz Derived forms: spaz attack Related terms: spack, spastic, retard, tard Translations (stupid person): spast [masculine] (Dutch), typerys (Finnish), tollo (Finnish), tyhmä (Finnish), Spasti [masculine] (German), bakero (Indonesian), 馬鹿 (baka) (Japanese), 阿呆 (ahou) (Japanese), 馬鹿野郎 (bakayarou) (Japanese), приду́рок (pridúrok) [masculine] (Russian), деби́л (debíl) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'stupid person': 33 36 0 31

Verb [English]

IPA: /spæz/ Audio: En-au-spaz.ogg [Australia] Forms: spazzes [present, singular, third-person], spazzing [participle, present], spazzed [participle, past], spazzed [past]
Rhymes: -æz Etymology: From spastic. Etymology templates: {{m|en|spastic}} spastic Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} spaz (third-person singular simple present spazzes, present participle spazzing, simple past and past participle spazzed)
  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) To have a tantrum or fit. Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang Synonyms (have a tantrum): freak out Translations (have a tantrum): ausrasten (German), ausflippen (German), einen Anfall kriegen (German)
    Sense id: en-spaz-en-verb-W3CcQSkh Disambiguation of 'have a tantrum': 82 18 Disambiguation of 'have a tantrum': 82 18
  2. (slang) To malfunction, go on the fritz. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-spaz-en-verb-SscCX0Sf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 1 23 31 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spazz Derived forms: spaz out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To malfunction, go on the fritz."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malfunction",
          "malfunction"
        ],
        [
          "on the fritz",
          "on the fritz"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To malfunction, go on the fritz."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spæz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-spaz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/En-au-spaz.ogg/En-au-spaz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/En-au-spaz.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "have a tantrum",
      "word": "freak out"
    },
    {
      "word": "spazz"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a tantrum",
      "word": "ausrasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a tantrum",
      "word": "ausflippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a tantrum",
      "word": "einen Anfall kriegen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spaz"
}

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