Etymology

nize

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Today it means: To shut up; to stop talking. Full definition →

Jamaican Creole nize
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The story

  1. Jamaican Creole · borrowed fromnize“noise”
  2. English todaynize

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

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