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English
Etymology
Clipping of recognize.
Pronunciation
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 (2019 October 2) “Do You Know Toronto Slang?”, in University of Toronto Magazine
Anagrams
Northern Kurdish
Noun
nize ?
- lance (weapon)
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English nese, from Old English *nesu, *neosu.
Pronunciation
Noun
nize
- nose
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:Zim dellen harnothès w'aar nize ee reed cley;- Some digging earth-nuts with their noses in red clay;
Derived terms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 59