different between haze vs frosh
haze
English
Alternative forms
- hase (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?z, IPA(key): /he?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: hays, heys
Etymology 1
- The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century.
- Possibly back-formation from hazy.
- Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)Origin unknown; there is nothing to connect the word with Old English hasu, haso (“gray”).
Noun
haze (usually uncountable, plural hazes)
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
- 1772 December, James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World, vol. 1 ch. 2:
- Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze, accompanied with rain.
- 1772 December, James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World, vol. 1 ch. 2:
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- 1957, Daphne du Maurier, The Scapegoat [1], ?ISBN, page 218:
- In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret.
- 1957, Daphne du Maurier, The Scapegoat [1], ?ISBN, page 218:
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- 1998, Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [2], ?ISBN, page 318:
- Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film.
- 1998, Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [2], ?ISBN, page 318:
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- 1985, Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [3], ?ISBN, page 69:
- Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes.
- 1985, Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [3], ?ISBN, page 69:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
haze (third-person singular simple present hazes, present participle hazing, simple past and past participle hazed)
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
Etymology 2
Possibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)
Verb
haze (third-person singular simple present hazes, present participle hazing, simple past and past participle hazed)
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
Translations
Further reading
- haze in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
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frosh
English
Pronunciation
- (US)
- (General American) IPA(key): /f???/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /f???/
Etymology 1
From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English fros? (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). See also frosk, frog.
Noun
frosh (plural froshes)
- (now dialectal) A frog.
- 1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356:
- The mud hath in it certaine seed whereof greene froshes rise.
- 1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356:
Translations
Etymology 2
Blend of freshman +? sophomore.
Noun
frosh (plural froshes or frosh)
- (colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
- That frosh is really getting on my nerves!
Synonyms
- underclassman
- newbie
- fresher (UK)
Derived terms
- prefrosh
Translations
Verb
frosh (third-person singular simple present froshes, present participle froshing, simple past and past participle froshed)
- (transitive, slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
- This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
- (transitive, slang) To damage through incompetence.
- Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.
Synonyms
- (initiate): haze
Derived terms
- froshing
Translations
Middle English
Noun
frosh
- Alternative form of frossh
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