whizzer

[ hwiz-er, wiz- ]

/ ˈʰwɪz ər, ˈwɪz- /

noun

something that whizzes.

a centrifugal machine for drying sugar, grain, clothes, etc.

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Origin of whizzer

First recorded in 1880–85; whiz¹ + -er¹

Words nearby whizzer

whiz-bang, whiz-kid, whizz, whizz kid, whizz-bang, whizzer, whizzo, whizzy, who, who knows what, who'd

Definition for whizzer (2 of 2)

White

[ hwahyt, wahyt ]

/ ʰwaɪt, waɪt /

noun

Andrew Dickson,1832–1918, U.S. diplomat and pioneer of land-grant education.

Byron R(aymond)Whizzer,1917–2002, U.S. lawyer and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–93.

Edmund,born 1940, U.S. novelist.

Edward Douglass,1845–1921, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1910–21.

Edward H(ig·gins), II

[hig-inz] /ˈhɪg ɪnz/,1930–67, U.S. astronaut: first American to walk in space 1965.

E(l·wyn) B(rooks)

[el-win] /ˈɛl wɪn/,1899–1985, U.S. humorist and poet.

George Leonard,1838–95, U.S. choral conductor.

Gilbert,1720–93, English clergyman, naturalist, and writer.

Patrick (Victor Mar·tin·dale)

[mahr-tn-deyl] /ˈmɑr tnˌdeɪl/,1912–90, Australian writer, born in England: Nobel Prize 1973.

Stanford,1853–1906, U.S. architect.

Stewart Edward,1873–1946, U.S. novelist.

T(erence) H(an·bur·y)

[han-buh-ree] /ˈhæn bə ri/,1896–1964, English novelist.

Theodore H.,1915–86, U.S. journalist and writer.

Walter Francis,1893–1955, U.S. civil-rights leader and writer: executive secretary of the NAACP 1931–55.

William A(l·an·son)

[al-uh n-suh n] /ˈæl ən sən/,1870–1937, U.S. neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer.

William Allen,1868–1944, U.S. journalist.

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Example sentences from the Web for whizzer

The time was to come, and that very soon, when this decision of the inventor of the Whizzer stood the adventurers in good stead.
Tom Swift and his Wireless Message|Victor Appleton
Whizzer turned over on his head, 's near as I c'd make out fer dust.
Chip, of the Flying U|B. M. Bower
There was a well equipped kitchen aboard the Whizzer and soon savory odors were coming from it.
Tom Swift and his Wireless Message|Victor Appleton
Tom sent the Whizzer down until the hotels and cottages could be made out quite plainly.
Tom Swift and his Wireless Message|Victor Appleton

One advantage which Tom noticed at once, was that the Whizzer had a large electric storage battery.
Tom Swift and his Wireless Message|Victor Appleton

British Dictionary definitions for whizzer (1 of 3)

White¹

/ (waɪt) /

noun

a person, esp one of European ancestry, from a human population having light pigmentation of the skin

adjective

denoting or relating to a White person or White people

British Dictionary definitions for whizzer (2 of 3)

White²

/ (waɪt) /

noun

Gilbert. 1720–93, English clergyman and naturalist, noted for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789)

Jimmy. born 1962, English snooker player

Marco Pierre. born 1961, British chef and restaurateur

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

T (erence) H (anbury). 1906–64, British novelist: author of the Arthurian sequence The Once and Future King (1939–58)

Willard (Wentworth) (ˈwɪlɑːd). born 1946, British operatic bass, born in Jamaica

British Dictionary definitions for whizzer (3 of 3)

white

/ (waɪt) /

adjective

having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident lightCompare black (def. 1)

(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

comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colourwhite clover

(of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers

bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc

(of hair, a beard, etc) silvery or grey, usually from age

benevolent or without malicious intentwhite magic

colourless or transparentwhite glass

capped with or accompanied by snowa white Christmas

(sometimes capital) counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalistCompare Red (def. 2)

blank, as an unprinted area of a page

(of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins

(of coffee or tea) with milk or cream
(of bread) made with white flour

physics having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequencywhite noise

informal honourable or generous

(of armour) made completely of iron or steel (esp in the phrase white harness)

rare morally unblemished

rare (of times, seasons, etc) auspicious; favourable

poetic, or archaic having a fair complexion; blond

bleed white to deprive slowly of resources

whiter than white

extremely clean and white
informal very pure, honest, and moral

noun

a white colour

the condition or quality of being white; whiteness

the white or lightly coloured part or area of something

the white the viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of a bird's egg, esp a hen's egg; albumen

anatomy the white part (sclera) of the eyeball

any of various butterflies of the family PieridaeSee large white, small white, cabbage white

chess draughts

a white or light-coloured piece or square
(usually capital) the player playing with such pieces

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

an unprinted area of a page

archery

the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score
a shot or arrow hitting this ring

poetic fairness of complexion

in the white (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished

verb

(usually foll by out) to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)

obsolete to make or become white

Derived forms of white

whitely, adverbwhiteness, nounwhitish, adjective

Word Origin for white

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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Idioms and Phrases with whizzer

white

In addition to the idioms beginning with white

white as a sheet
white elephant
white feather
white flag, show the
white lie
white sale

also see:

black and white
bleed someone white
great white hope
show the white feather