nize
See also: niże, niżę, niže, níže, низе, and ниже
English
Etymology
Clipping of recognize.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naɪz/
Verb
nize (third-person singular simple present nizes, present participle nizing, simple past and past participle nized)
- (MTE, slang, often followed by it) To shut up; to stop talking.
References
- Anderson, Scott (October 2, 2019), “Do You Know Toronto Slang?”, in University of Toronto Magazine
Anagrams
- Inez, zein, zine
Northern Kurdish
Noun
nize ?
- lance (weapon)
Yola
Alternative forms
- niz
Etymology
From Middle English nese, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.
Noun
nize
- nose
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 59