raz|zle-daz|zle

raz|zle-daz|zle
raz|zle-daz|zle «RAZ uhl DAZ uhl», noun, adjective, verb, -zled, -zling.
–n.
1. U.S. Slang. dazzling glitter, excitement, or the like, such as to cause bewilderment: »

The store sells anything from diapers to tombstones…with a sales formula combining low prices and razzle-dazzle (Wall Street Journal).

2. a revolving platform on which people are moved about in amusingly irregular ways.
3. an intricate movement by the players of a team in sports, especially football, intended to deceive or bewilder their opponents.
4. Slang. intoxication.
–adj.
U.S. Slang. showy; bewildering: »

He specializes in the razzle-dazzle finish, in which the hero gallops on to the scene when all seems darkest and the curtain falls (New York Times).

–v.t.
U.S. Slang. to bedazzle with glitter, excitement; confuse; bewilder: »

She beat boys at mumblety-peg, whizzed past them in foot races and razzle-dazzled them in basketball (Time).

╂[American English, varied reduplication of dazzle]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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