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feeze

or feaze

[ feez, feyz ]

noun

, Dialect.
  1. a state of vexation or worry.
  2. a violent rush or impact.


feeze

/ fiːz /

verb

  1. tr to beat
  2. to drive off
  3. to disconcert; worry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a rush
  2. a state of agitation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of feeze1

1350–1400; Middle English fese blast, rush, fesen to drive, chase, frighten; compare Old English (Anglian) fēsan, ( West Saxon ) fȳsan
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Word History and Origins

Origin of feeze1

Old English fēsian
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Example Sentences

But labor punched back and recently won 12 weeks of paid parental leave and a 3.1 percent pay raise for 2020, despite initial opposition from Trump, who earlier had proposed a pay feeze.

"The Jet Stream's been falling much lower than in the previous years and we have to keep an insurance premium, you know, a feeze premium in the market, until we get to March," he said.

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"A man writes cards during examination to 'feeze the profs'; said cards are 'gumming cards,' and he flops the examination if he gets a good mark by the means."

Well, when a man's in a feeze, there's no more sleep that hitch; so I dresses and sits up; but what was I to do?

Well, when a man's in a feeze, there's no more sleep that hitch; so I dresses and sits up; but what was I to do?

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