nize

/naɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

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Meaning

verb

Slang

"“Nize it you waste yute, I was just passin’ you da ting,” Wiz refutes back as he kisses his teeth and hands over the blunt to Big Caine."
"It’s not that you’ll be running for prez / But nize that beak or talk with a lisp"

Disputed. Possibly from Jamaican Creole nize (“noise”) or a clipping of recognize.

nizes (present, singular) nizing (participle, present) nized (participle, past) nized (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce nize?

The recorded pronunciation is /naɪz/.

What does nize mean?

To shut up; to stop talking.

Where does nize come from?

How to pronounce nize

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