variants or mazzard
Definition of mazardnext
chiefly dialect
as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth Granny threatened to whop me on the mazard if I didn't start minding my manners

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Noun
  • Saugus has won multiple playoff games in each of its first two seasons under head coach Mike Miller.
    Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 27 May 2026
  • Minter departed at the end of the season to become the Ravens’ head coach and former Chargers safeties coach Chris O’Leary returned this past winter from a one-season stint as the defensive coordinator at Western Michigan to replace Minter.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • To prevent swelling, surgeons would typically remove a portion of the skull called the bone flap, treat the underlying blood clot, and then restore the bone flap soon after.
    Martha Raddatz, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
  • Based on an analysis of 85 species of dinosaurs, the study concluded that tiny arms were an evolutionary trade-off caused by another body part becoming ever larger and taking up resources — the skull.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The salmon-pink opera house with a dome the colour of Brazil’s flag was built in 1896, when that city in the middle of the jungle became one of the richest on the planet during the rubber boom.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • As drivers waved signs and chanted with the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House providing a backdrop, labor leaders described the victory as the largest private-sector organizing win since Ford autoworkers unionized in 1941.
    Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Cocoa exporters should ship more butter, liquor, and powder rather than raw beans, while Kenyan tea and Ethiopian or Ugandan coffee should leave the continent branded and semi-processed rather than as bulk commodities.
    W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 25 May 2026
  • Spoonemore recommends starting with easy, rewarding crops like tomatoes, basil, zinnias, lettuce, and beans.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • In season three, all-time leading shot-blocker Hakeem Olajuwon had 705 blocks and played in 225 games compared with Wembanyama's 627 blocks over 181 games.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • On May 9, the suspects cut down fiber-optic and coaxial cables in the 2100 block of Peralta Boulevard, in the city’s Parkmont neighborhood, according to the Fremont Police Department.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
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“Mazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mazard. Accessed 30 May. 2026.

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