glaze

/ɡleɪz/
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A smooth or glasslike layer, or the act of creating one, with a newer slang use for excessive praise.

Examples

  • Can this frame be glazed with safety glass?
  • Ice had glazed every branch by morning.
  • We glazed the ham with honey and mustard.
  • The frozen road had a dangerous glaze.
  • Why does that channel glaze every new phone?

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coat
suck up to
film over
enamel
gloss
gush over
varnish
finish
icing
overhype

Meanings

Cover with a glossy layer

verb
craft
neutral
To put a thin layer on a surface that dries or is heated to make it smooth, shiny, protective, or decorative.

Examples

  • She glazed the bowl before its final firing.
  • Brush the pastry with egg to glaze it.
  • The artist glazed the shadows with a thin blue wash.
  • We glazed the ham with honey and mustard.
  • Ice had glazed every branch by morning.

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Fit with glass

verb
construction
technical
To put panes of glass into a window, door, frame, or building.

Examples

  • The contractor will glaze the new windows tomorrow.
  • That opening has not been glazed yet.
  • They glazed the porch to make a bright sitting room.
  • Can this frame be glazed with safety glass?
  • The upper floors were glazed before winter.

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Lose a clear expression

verb
health
neutral
For eyes or a look to become dull, fixed, or unfocused, often from boredom, shock, tiredness, illness, or death.

Examples

  • His eyes glazed over halfway through the lecture.
  • Her expression glazed with exhaustion.
  • My eyes start to glaze over when the figures get complicated.
  • The patient's eyes suddenly glazed.
  • Don't let your eyes glaze over during the briefing.

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Praise far too much

verb
internet culture
slang
To praise or defend someone or something so heavily that the admiration seems excessive, biased, or embarrassing, usually as a criticism or tease.

Examples

  • Stop glazing him after one decent game.
  • I liked the album, but I'm not going to glaze it.
  • Why does that channel glaze every new phone?
  • She was accused of glazing the actor in every interview.
  • Calling ordinary praise glazing can sound dismissive.

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Glossy coating

noun
craft
neutral
A thin coating or the material used to make food, pottery, paint, or another surface smooth, shiny, sealed, or decorative.

Examples

  • The pot has a deep green glaze.
  • Let the lemon glaze set before slicing the cake.
  • This glaze becomes glasslike in the kiln.
  • She added a transparent glaze over the dry paint.
  • The recipe makes enough glaze for twelve doughnuts.

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Glassy film or look

noun
appearance
neutral
A smooth glasslike film or a fixed, dull look that covers a surface or appears in the eyes.

Examples

  • A thin glaze of ice covered the steps.
  • There was a feverish glaze in his eyes.
  • The frozen road had a dangerous glaze.
  • A pale glaze spread across the puddle overnight.
  • The tired glaze in her eyes worried me.

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Etymology

From Middle English glasen, meaning to fit with glass, built from glas, the earlier form of glass. The online slang sense grew from the image of laying praise on thick like a sweet or shiny coating.

FAQ

What does glaze mean?

Glaze can mean a shiny coating, putting on that coating, fitting glass, developing a glassy look, or praising someone excessively in slang.

What does glaze mean in slang?

In slang, to glaze someone or something is to praise or defend them far too much, often in a way others find biased or embarrassing.

Is glaze always negative in slang?

Usually glaze is teasing or critical, though people sometimes use it playfully about their own enthusiastic praise.

What is a food glaze?

A food glaze is a thin coating that adds shine and often flavor, such as sugar glaze on doughnuts or honey glaze on ham.

What does it mean when eyes glaze over?

When eyes glaze over, they look dull or unfocused, often because of boredom, tiredness, shock, or illness.

How do you pronounce glaze?

Glaze is pronounced /ɡleɪz/, rhyming with days.

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Wild Frog
Aug 22
double glazing is still the first thing my uk brain sees here, tiktok was late to the party lol
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Ivory Panther
Aug 20
i heard this first in twitch chat and thought everyone had suddenly got very into donuts
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Jovial Duck
Aug 9
people also say not to glaze before a compliment now. It is basically a warning label: i know this sounds like too much praise but i mean it
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Lucid Mole
Aug 6
for cooking, glaze and sauce overlap but they dont feel identical to me. A glaze is usually the sticky shiny finish, often sweet, brushed on late so it sets. Sauce can just sit there on the plate or be served on the side.
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Frosty Lark
Aug 4
In painting class we used glaze for transparency, not just shine. A glaze goes over dry paint and lets the layer under it still show, so the color changes without killing all the detail.
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Bold Trout
Aug 4
with the slang, the little detail is that youre attacking the praiser, not really the person being praised. Sports and anime threads use it a lot when one decent performance turns into GOAT talk, like bro stop glazing already
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