hazenoun [ C or U ]
uk/heɪz/us/heɪz/something such as heat or smoke in the air that makes it less clear, so that it is difficult to see well:
The road through the desert shimmered in the haze.
I saw her through a haze of cigarette smoke.
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Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- stratocumulus
- stratus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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hazeverb
uk/heɪz/us/heɪz/US to play tricks on someone, especially a new person in a fraternity or sorority
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Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- lampoon
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- parody
- sardonic
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
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hazing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈheɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈheɪ.zɪŋ/US
Ten fraternity members had their heads shaved during hazing last week.
Phrasal verb(s)
haze over