The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
daze, fog, haze
(noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity
daze, shock, stupor
(noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; “his mother’s death left him in a daze”; “he was numb with shock”
stun, bedaze, daze
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; “The news stunned her”
dazzle, bedazzle, daze
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; “She was dazzled by the bright headlights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
daze (plural dazes)
The state of being dazed
(mining) A glittering stone.
daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
Synonyms: confuse, benumb
• adze, deza
Source: Wiktionary
Daze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] Etym: [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw, dysig, stupid. Dizzy, Doze.]
Definition: To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.
Daze, n.
1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: A glittering stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.