English Explanatory Dictionary

spaz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person; a spazmo.
  2. A hyperactive, erratically behaving person.
  3. A tantrum or fit.
  4. A person with spastic paralysis, spastic cerebral palsy or epilepsy
verb
  1. To have a tantrum or fit.
  2. To malfunction, go on the fritz.

Pronunciation

/spæz/ En-au-spaz.ogg

Word forms

spaz spazzes spazz spazzing spazzed

Etymology

From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/.

Synonyms

freak out

Related words

spack spacky spazmo spastic retard tard

Derived words

chuck a spaz spaz attack spaz out

Translations

Dutch: spast Finnish: typerys Finnish: tollo Finnish: tyhmä French: débile French: ortho German: Spasti Indonesian: bakero Japanese: 馬鹿 Japanese: 阿呆 Japanese: 馬鹿野郎 Russian: приду́рок Russian: деби́л
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