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whizzer

[hwiz-er, wiz-] /ˈʰwɪz ər, ˈwɪz-/
noun
1.
something that whizzes.
2.
a centrifugal machine for drying sugar, grain, clothes, etc.
Origin of whizzer
1880-1885
First recorded in 1880-85; whiz1 + -er1

White

[hwahyt, wahyt] /ʰwaɪt, waɪt/
noun
1.
Andrew Dickson, 1832–1918, U.S. diplomat and pioneer of land-grant education.
2.
Byron R(aymond) ("Whizzer") 1917–2002, U.S. lawyer and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–93.
3.
Edmund, born 1940, U.S. novelist.
4.
Edward Douglass, 1845–1921, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1910–21.
5.
Edward H(iggins), II
[hig-inz] /ˈhɪg ɪnz/ (Show IPA), 1930–67, U.S. astronaut: first American to walk in space 1965.
6.
E(lwyn) B(rooks)
[el-win] /ˈɛl wɪn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1985, U.S. humorist and poet.
7.
George Leonard, 1838–95, U.S. choral conductor.
8.
Gilbert, 1720–93, English clergyman, naturalist, and writer.
9.
Patrick (Victor Martindale)
[mahr-tn-deyl] /ˈmɑr tnˌdeɪl/ (Show IPA), 1912–90, Australian writer, born in England: Nobel Prize 1973.
10.
Stanford, 1853–1906, U.S. architect.
11.
Stewart Edward, 1873–1946, U.S. novelist.
12.
T(erence) H(anbury)
[han-buh-ree] /ˈhæn bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1896–1964, English novelist.
13.
Theodore H. 1915–86, U.S. journalist and writer.
14.
Walter Francis, 1893–1955, U.S. civil-rights leader and writer: executive secretary of the NAACP 1931–55.
15.
William A(lanson)
[al-uh n-suh n] /ˈæl ən sən/ (Show IPA), 1870–1937, U.S. neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer.
16.
William Allen, 1868–1944, U.S. journalist.
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Examples from the Web for whizzer
Contemporary Examples

  • RFK chose whizzer White and Nick Katzenbach as his top deputies—neither brought prior government or political credentials.

    Laying Down the Law Ronald Goldfarb November 21, 2008
Historical Examples

  • This is exactly what whizzer was trying his best to do, and whizzer's best was exceedingly bad for his rider, as a general thing.

    Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower

  • "I never c'd run 'em in alone, not with whizzer in the bunch," objected Slim.

    Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower

  • It did certainly seem that whizzer heard and felt the pricking of pride at the reproof.

    Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower

  • Oh, whizzer, you poor fellow, why do you let him abuse you so?

    Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower

  • As the chase grew in earnestness and excitement, the sympathies of the Little Doctor were given unreservedly to whizzer.

    Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower

  • There was certainly plenty of machinery in the cabin of the whizzer.

    Tom Swift and his Wireless Message Victor Appleton

  • There was time but for one more upward throwing of the whizzer's nose, and Tom held to that position as long as possible.

    Tom Swift and his Wireless Message Victor Appleton

  • With a crash that could have been heard some distance the whizzer settled to the sand.

    Tom Swift and his Wireless Message Victor Appleton

  • That's my big idea—Damon's whizzer—propellers revolving in compressed air like water.

    Tom Swift and his Air Scout Victor Appleton
British Dictionary definitions for whizzer

White1

/waɪt/
noun
1.
a person, esp one of European ancestry, from a human population having light pigmentation of the skin
adjective
2.
denoting or relating to a White person or White people

White2

/waɪt/
noun
1.
Gilbert. 1720–93, English clergyman and naturalist, noted for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789)
2.
Jimmy. born 1962, English snooker player
3.
Marco Pierre. born 1961, British chef and restaurateur
4.
Patrick (Victor Martindale). 1912–90, Australian novelist: his works include Voss (1957), The Eye of the Storm (1973), and A Fringe of Leaves (1976): Nobel prize for literature 1973
5.
T(erence) H(anbury). 1906–64, British novelist: author of the Arthurian sequence The Once and Future King (1939–58)
6.
Willard (Wentworth) (ˈwɪlɑːd). born 1946, British operatic bass, born in Jamaica

white

/waɪt/
adjective
1.
having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light Compare black (sense 1)
2.
(of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue
3.
comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colour: white clover
4.
(of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers
5.
bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc
6.
(of hair, a beard, etc) silvery or grey, usually from age
7.
benevolent or without malicious intent: white magic
8.
colourless or transparent: white glass
9.
capped with or accompanied by snow: a white Christmas
10.
(sometimes capital) counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist Compare Red (sense 2)
11.
blank, as an unprinted area of a page
12.
(of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins
13.
  1. (of coffee or tea) with milk or cream
  2. (of bread) made with white flour
14.
(physics) having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency: white noise
15.
(informal) honourable or generous
16.
(of armour) made completely of iron or steel (esp in the phrase white harness)
17.
(rare) morally unblemished
18.
(rare) (of times, seasons, etc) auspicious; favourable
19.
(poetic or archaic) having a fair complexion; blond
20.
bleed white, to deprive slowly of resources
21.
whiter than white
  1. extremely clean and white
  2. (informal) very pure, honest, and moral
noun
22.
a white colour
23.
the condition or quality of being white; whiteness
24.
the white or lightly coloured part or area of something
25.
the white, the viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of a bird's egg, esp a hen's egg; albumen
26.
(anatomy) the white part (sclera) of the eyeball
27.
any of various butterflies of the family Pieridae See large white, small white, cabbage white
28.
(chess, draughts)
  1. a white or light-coloured piece or square
  2. (usually capital) the player playing with such pieces
29.
anything that has or is characterized by a white colour, such as a white paint or pigment, a white cloth, a white ball in billiards
30.
an unprinted area of a page
31.
(archery)
  1. the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score
  2. a shot or arrow hitting this ring
32.
(poetic) fairness of complexion
33.
in the white, (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished
verb
34.
(usually foll by out) to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)
35.
(obsolete) to make or become white
See also white out, whites
Derived Forms
whitely, adverb
whiteness, noun
whitish, adjective
Word Origin
Old English hwīt; related to Old Frisian hwīt, Old Saxon hwīt, Old Norse hvītr, Gothic hveits, Old High German hwīz (German weiss)
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Word Origin and History for whizzer

white

n.

Old English hwit, from Proto-Germanic *khwitaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian hwit, Old Norse hvitr, Dutch wit, Old High German hwiz, German weiß, Gothic hveits), from PIE *kwintos/*kwindos "bright" (cf. Sanskrit svetah "white;" Old Church Slavonic sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lithuanian sviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten").

As a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in English, being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in Old English. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, American English. The racial sense (adj.) of "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is first recorded c.1600. The noun in this sense ("white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion") is from 1670s. White supremacy attested from 1902; white flight is from 1967.

White heat "state of intense or extreme emotion" first recorded 1839. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1857. White House at the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1580s. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c.1978. White-collar as an adjective is from 1921; white-collar crime attested by 1964 (there is a white-collar criminaloids from 1934). Astronomical white dwarf is from 1924.

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Slang definitions & phrases for whizzer

whizzer

noun

A pickpocket; whiz (1925+ Underworld)

white

noun

Cocaine (1940s+ Narcotics)

Related Terms

black and white, bleed someone white, china white, lily-white

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Idioms and Phrases with whizzer

white

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