freeze



freeze

1. n. the act of ignoring someone; the cold shoulder. Everybody seems to be giving me the freeze.
2. tv. to ignore someone; to give someone the cold shoulder. Don’t freeze me, gang! I use a mouth wash!
3. in. to hold perfectly still. (Also a command given by a police officer that implies there is a gun pointed at a suspect.) The fuzz shouted, “Freeze, or you’re dead meat!”
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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LeiaLAY-a (Popular Culture)Biblical Greek, Popular Culture
DevanDEV-ənEnglish (Modern)
Rinat (1)-Tatar, Bashkir
Nadezhdanah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Ukrainian
Eliza[i'laizə]
Anatolia-Late Roman