Oz
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume. abbreviation, alt-of
"Add 8 oz of flour."
- 2 An unreal, magical realm. uncountable
- 3 An ounce (especially of marijuana or other drugs). US, slang
"Selling reefer was a round-the-clock hustle that required more time and energy than I wanted to invest. Unloading a single O.Z. sometimes took up to an hour."
- 4 Initialism of opportunity zone. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"This provision maintains the OZ designation process from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and adds that at least 33 percent of designated OZs must be comprised entirely of a rural area."
- 1 Ellipsis of Land of Oz, the fictional setting created by L. Frank Baum for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and other works. The term has been extended from the original country of Oz to the entire fictional world of Oz. Subsequently used as a setting by other authors and artists. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 2 Australia. colloquial
- 3 A male given name.
- 4 A surname.
- 5 A surname from Turkish, notable borne by Dr. Oz
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- 6 A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given names Oscar, Oswald, or Osbourne.
Example
More examples"An old man was the éminence grise in the movie "The Wizard of Oz.""
Etymology
From Italian oz., abbreviation of onza (obsolete form of oncia).
After the fictional land in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Back-formation from Aus, abbreviation of Australia.
Abbreviations.
From Turkish Öz.
From the abbreviation oz (“ounce”) pronounced as an initialism.
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