mace
To hit someone or something with a maceTo hit someone or something with a mace.
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» Tom got maced.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo hit someone or something with a mace.
To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
(informal)To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
Examples
4 sentencesTom got maced.
Someone sprayed mace and everyone started coughing.
One gladiator's weapon of choice is the mace, while the other's is a sword.
deDer eine Gladiator bevorzugt den Streitkolben als Waffe, der andere das Schwert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Elizabeth got maced.
ruЭлизабет получила порцию слезогонки. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
deElisabeth war Tränengas ausgesetzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia,From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, matia, (compare Italian mazza, Spanish maza), probably from Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutting tool, hoe”).
From the name of one brand of the spray, Mace. Pepper spray may be derived from cayenne pepper, but not from mace (etymology 2 above), which is a different spice; rather, it was named after the weapon (etymology 1).
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Forms
maces, macing, maced, macedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.