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spaz en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /spæz/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang) An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person; a spazmo.
    • In fact, it was the view of the scientists now in charge […] that the freakier they were, the better; if a mental spaz could go through and come out all right […] then the process was probably safe for the executives, politicians, and fashion models of the world. 1981, Stephen King, The Jaunt:
    • “I was so in control from tee to green, the best I’ve played for years… But as soon as I got on the green I was a spaz.” 2006, Tiger Woods, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  2. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A hyperactive, erratically behaving person.
  3. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A tantrum or fit.
  4. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A person with spastic paralysis, spastic cerebral palsy or epilepsy

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spazz alternative lexicographic
spazzes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

spaz attack · chuck a spaz

Relateds

retard · tard · spazmo · spack · spacky · spastic

Translations (16)

ja 馬鹿 (stupid person) · ja 阿呆 (stupid person) · id bakero (stupid person) · de Spasti (stupid person) · fi tyhmä (stupid person) · nl spasme (tantrum, fit) · pt deficiente (stupid person) · fr ortho (stupid person) · ru деби́л (stupid person) · fr débile (stupid person) · ja 馬鹿野郎 (stupid person) · fi typerys (stupid person) · ru приду́рок (stupid person) · nl spast (stupid person) · nl spast (incompetent person) · fi tollo (stupid person)

spaz en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /spæz/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive, slang) To have a tantrum or fit.
  2. (derogatory, offensive, slang) To malfunction, go on the fritz.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spazzed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spazzed Tense=Past lexicographic
spazzing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spazzes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
spazz alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

spaz out

Synonyms

freak out (have a tantrum)

Translations (3)

de einen Anfall kriegen (have a tantrum) · de ausrasten (have a tantrum) · de ausflippen (have a tantrum)