Baz

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity; typically the third in a series after foo and bar. uncountable

    "Suppose we have three objects, foo, bar and baz."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Barry. Australia, British, Ireland

    "There was me and Baz – Barry Stevens, my DS – in one car."

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Basil. Australia, British, Ireland

    "That's what Baz—Basil Younger——said when I put it to him."

Synonyms

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fooquuxquux

Example

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"Suppose we have three objects, foo, bar and baz."

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Persian باز (bâz, “falcon”). * Borrowed from Spanish Baz.

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given namemetasyntactic variable

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