"tazz" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tazzes [plural]
Etymology: Possibly related to tazzle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|tazzle}} tazzle Head templates: {{en-noun}} tazz (plural tazzes)
  1. (dialectal, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire) A heap of tangles or knots, especially in hair. Tags: Northamptonshire, dialectal Synonyms (chiefly in the non-third person simple present): taz Derived forms: tazzy
    Sense id: en-tazz-en-noun-hz5ADSX6 Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'chiefly in the non-third person simple present': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: tazzes [present, singular, third-person], tazzing [participle, present], tazzed [participle, past], tazzed [past]
Etymology: Unknown, though questionably related to North Yorkshire tazzed (“overmatched, defeated, beaten, unable to accomplish one's end”, adjective) recorded circa 1870. The proposed sense development would be someone who has been passed by another, faster competitor in race (who is tazzing) is therefore tazzed. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|tazzed||overmatched, defeated, beaten, unable to accomplish one's end|pos=adjective}} tazzed (“overmatched, defeated, beaten, unable to accomplish one's end”, adjective), {{circa2|1870}} circa 1870, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{m|en|tazzing}} tazzing, {{m|en|tazzed}} tazzed Head templates: {{en-verb}} tazz (third-person singular simple present tazzes, present participle tazzing, simple past and past participle tazzed)
  1. (dialectal, chiefly Midlands) To move quickly; to dash; to rush. Tags: Midlands, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tazz-en-verb-FDtAnM2b Categories (other): Midlands English, English quotations with omitted translation
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tazz meaning in English (5.0kB)

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