HAZES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Haze

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late 17th century (originally Scots and dialect in the sense ‘frighten, scold, or beat’): perhaps related to obsolete French haser ‘tease or insult’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: heɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:

force (a new or potential recruit to the military or a university fraternity) to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks

Short Definition:

force to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks

Examples:
  • rookies were mercilessly hazed
Definition:

drive (cattle) while on horseback

Short Definition:

drive cattle in specified direction while on horseback

Examples:
  • he hazed them on and they clambered up through the rocks

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