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)

  1. (MTE, slang, often followed by it) To shut up; to stop talking.

References
  1. Anderson, Scott (October 2, 2019), “Do You Know Toronto Slang?”, in University of Toronto Magazine‎

Anagrams

Northern Kurdish

Noun

nize ?

  1. lance (weapon)

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English nese, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.

Noun

nize

  1. 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
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