English Explanatory Dictionary

tazz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move quickly; to dash; to rush.
noun
  1. A heap of tangles or knots, especially in hair.

Word forms

tazz tazzes tazzing tazzed taz

Etymology

Unknown, though questionably related to North Yorkshire tazzed (“overmatched, defeated, beaten, unable to accomplish one's end”, adjective) recorded circa 1870. The proposed sense development would be someone who has been passed by another, faster competitor in race (who is tazzing) is therefore tazzed.

Derived words

tazzy
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