English

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Etymology

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From off the hook +‎ -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

Adjective

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off the heezy (comparative more off the heezy, superlative most off the heezy)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Wild, exciting, out of control.
    • 2012, Adam Wilson, Flatscreen, New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 200:
      Party was bumpin'. Dan said, "Shit is off the heezy." Nikki said, "You know you're white, right?"

Noun

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off the heezy (plural off the heezies)

  1. (basketball, slang) A basketball move in which the ball is bounced off of an opponent's head.
    • 2019 September 24, @d0nde3zy, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 18 June 2024:
      Bruh I used to get inbtrouble for doing "off the heezies"😂

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