"muzz" meaning in English

See muzz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mʌz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muzz.wav Forms: muzzes [present, singular, third-person], muzzing [participle, present], muzzed [participle, past], muzzed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌz Etymology: Uncertain. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-verb}} muzz (third-person singular simple present muzzes, present participle muzzing, simple past and past participle muzzed)
  1. (slang, now rare) To study intently; to pore over. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-muzz-en-verb-~V-6EBoz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 28 3
  2. (slang, obsolete) To hang around aimlessly; to loiter. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-muzz-en-verb-bjrJo8hD
  3. (slang) To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-muzz-en-verb-xOUZNBSc

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muzzes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzzing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzzed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzzed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "muzz (third-person singular simple present muzzes, present participle muzzing, simple past and past participle muzzed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 29 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 29 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 28 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1903, Francis Markham with Sir Clements Robert Markham, “A Westminster Glossary”, in Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849–1855, page 230:",
          "text": "MUZZ: To be studious. ‘I was muzzing up my Virgil.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To study intently; to pore over."
      ],
      "id": "en-muzz-en-verb-~V-6EBoz",
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "pore",
          "pore"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, now rare) To study intently; to pore over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 105:",
          "text": "‘If You but knew, cried I, to whom I am going to Night! and who I shall see to Night! – you would not dare keep me muzzing here!’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang around aimlessly; to loiter."
      ],
      "id": "en-muzz-en-verb-bjrJo8hD",
      "links": [
        [
          "loiter",
          "loiter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, obsolete) To hang around aimlessly; to loiter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse."
      ],
      "id": "en-muzz-en-verb-xOUZNBSc",
      "links": [
        [
          "muzzy",
          "muzzy"
        ],
        [
          "hazy",
          "hazy"
        ],
        [
          "confuse",
          "confuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mʌz/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muzz.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muzz"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌz",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌz/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muzzes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzzing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzzed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzzed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "muzz (third-person singular simple present muzzes, present participle muzzing, simple past and past participle muzzed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1903, Francis Markham with Sir Clements Robert Markham, “A Westminster Glossary”, in Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849–1855, page 230:",
          "text": "MUZZ: To be studious. ‘I was muzzing up my Virgil.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To study intently; to pore over."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "pore",
          "pore"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, now rare) To study intently; to pore over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 105:",
          "text": "‘If You but knew, cried I, to whom I am going to Night! and who I shall see to Night! – you would not dare keep me muzzing here!’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang around aimlessly; to loiter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loiter",
          "loiter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, obsolete) To hang around aimlessly; to loiter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "muzzy",
          "muzzy"
        ],
        [
          "hazy",
          "hazy"
        ],
        [
          "confuse",
          "confuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mʌz/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muzz.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-muzz.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muzz"
}

Download raw JSONL data for muzz meaning in English (2.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.