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whizzer

American  
[hwiz-er, wiz-] / ˈʰwɪz ər, ˈwɪz- /

noun

  1. something that whizzes. whiz.

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


Etymology

Origin of whizzer

First recorded in 1880–85; whiz 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Click went the machine, and the whizzer stopped whizzing.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

Anyhow, it's going to be a whizzer, and I want to talk to you about it.

From Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

And you can't run no whizzer on me, Barela.

From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

Shucks," he sneered, winking piratically at his brother-culprit; "she's tryin' to run a whizzer in on us.

From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden

And that time him and Demijohn sure had one whizzer of a time.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert