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spaz

noun
/spæz/

Etymology

From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/.

Definitions

  1. An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person

    An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person; a spazmo.

    • “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.”

  2. A hyperactive, erratically behaving person.

  3. A tantrum or fit.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A person with spastic paralysis, spastic cerebral palsy or epilepsy

    2. To have a tantrum or fit.

    3. To malfunction, go on the fritz.

The neighborhood

Derived

chuck a spaz, spaz attack, spaz out

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spaz. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA