hazy

adj

1. Thick or obscured with haze.

   “a hazy view of the polluted city street”

2. Not clear or transparent.

   “Furthermore, kymographic pictures are hazy and sometimes distorted, while the pictures obtained by diagraphy are sharp and unobstructed.”

3. Obscure; confused; not clear.

   “a hazy argument”

   “a hazy intellect”

   “If Philip seems less well drawn, "the character who is closest to the author is probably the haziest because the author is not able to see himself with the same clarity."”

   “The song’s first line is ‘‘Drop out of life with bong in hand,’’ and things only get hazier from there. ‘‘Dopesmoker’’ tells the story of a caravan of ‘‘weed-priests’’ traveling across the ‘‘sand-sea’’ in search of the ‘‘riff-filled land’’ so as to fulfill their ‘‘desert legion smoke-covenant.’’”

noun

1. A variety of beer (typically a pale ale, India pale ale, or double India pale ale) golden in color with softer mouthfeel and sweeter taste than its non-hazy counterpart.

   “What hazies do you have on tap?”

   “It's the craft beer style that has taken the brewing world, and the Internet, by storm. But what exactly is a hazy?”

   “Hazies are a softer, slinkier IPA that swap the pinecone sharpness of a West Coast IPA for bright citrus. I've heard some drinkers complain that they taste like orange juice—the cloudy appearance means hazies often look like orange juice, too.”