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noun
subjection to harassment or ridicule.
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Hazing
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Example Sentences
- Reform medical education to be less of hazing and weed-out.
- King, left, were hospitalized this week with infected leg wounds that may have resulted from fraternity hazing.
- The system of teaching by poorly supervised hazing has no place in modern medicine.
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noun
1.
an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
2.
vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.: The victims were still in a haze and couldn't describe the accident.
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Word Origin & History
haze
"subject to cruel horseplay," 1850, Amer.Eng. student slang, from earlier nautical sense of "punish by keeping at unpleasant and unnecessary hard work" (1840), perhaps from hawze "terrify, frighten, confound" (1670s), from M.Fr. haser "irritate, annoy" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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