Baze

name, verb, slang

name, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stupefy; frighten; alarm. obsolete, transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Bayswater Road, a street in London, England. UK, obsolete, slang

Etymology

Uncertain, but apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (“to astonish, stupefy”), obsolete German basen (“to rave”). Compare also Scots baise (“confusion, bewilderment”).

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