Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To stun or bewilder, as with a heavy blow or shock; stupefy.
  • transitive verb To dazzle, as with strong light.
  • noun A stunned or bewildered condition.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being stunned, stupefied, or confused.
  • noun In mining, a glittering stone.
  • To stun or stupefy, as with a blow or strong drink; blind, as by excess of light; confuse or bewilder, as by a shock.
  • To spoil, as bread or meat when badly baked or roasted.
  • To be stunned or stupefied; look confused.
  • To be blinded or confused, as by excess of light.
  • To wither; become rotten.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun colloq. The state of being dazed.
  • noun (Mining) A glittering stone.
  • transitive verb To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being dazed;
  • noun mining A glittering stone.
  • verb To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
  • verb overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
  • noun confusion characterized by lack of clarity
  • noun the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English dasen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse dasask, to become weary.]

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Examples

  • So strange was she, so in daze and amaze and far-seeing were her eyes, that I was reminded of the lepers I had seen healed in Samaria.

    Chapter 17 2010

  • Fifteen minutes in daze looking at tickets, five minutes to get taxi, fifteen minutes to pack and be ready for taxi, five minutes to check out, twenty minute drive, etc.

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  • Fifteen minutes in daze looking at tickets, five minutes to get taxi, fifteen minutes to pack and be ready for taxi, five minutes to check out, twenty minute drive, etc.

    My Midwinter Mistakes... ____Maggie 2007

  • "Binbin-daze" is an affectionate name meaning "Mr. Boing Boing" in reference to a young man's penis that is always on the verge of erection.

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  • So strange was she, so in daze and amaze and far-seeing were her eyes, that I was reminded of the lepers I had seen healed in Samaria.

    Chapter 17 1915

  • Back in our hippie days -- I always feel as if maybe I should spell that latter word "daze" -- one of our touchstone books was Be Here Now, by Ram Dass aka Richard Alpert.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • I've stopped crying all the time about it and walking round in a depressed daze, which is a blessing.

    \"I'm at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by...it's alright cuz I'm Saved by the Bell\" onlyemma 2003

  • What she could still hold whole in her daze were the small hopes.

    A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974

  • I've been in a weird kind of daze ... the other day I wrote about 4,000 words (some of them transcribed from an earlier draft of RESURRECTION CODE, mind you,) which is still absolutely insane for me.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010

  • Denver Art Museum and The Anschutz Collection 'Long Jakes, "The Rocky Mountain Man"'(1844) Born in Philadelphia, and related through his mother to distinguished families in North Carolina and New York, Deas (pronounced "daze") was initially raised in privileged surroundings.

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