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spaz

/spæz/

spaz noun: an incompetent or physically uncoordinated person; a spazmo.

Noun

spaz (plural spazzes)

  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

Verb

spaz (third-person singular simple present spazzes, present participle spazzing, simple past and past participle spazzed)

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

spaz meaning in Indonesian

spaz in Indonesian

stupid person
bakero

Synonyms of spaz

Forms of spaz

Noun
pluralspazzes
alternative formspazz
Verb
third-person singular presentspazzes
present participlespazzing
past participlespazzed
pastspazzed

Origin of spaz

From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/.

Words formed from spaz

Phrases with spaz

Words that rhyme with spaz

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about spaz

What does spaz mean?
Spaz means an incompetent or physically uncoordinated person; a spazmo.
What is spaz in Indonesian?
Spaz in Indonesian is bakero. See Spaz meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is spaz?
Spaz can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce spaz?
Spaz is pronounced /spæz/.
What is the plural of spaz?
The plural of spaz is spazzes.

Words near spaz in the dictionary

  1. Spaynard
  2. spaynel
  3. spaynels
  4. Spaynnards
  5. spays
  6. spaz
  7. spaz attack
  8. spaz attacks
  9. spaz out
  10. spaza
  11. spazas

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