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whizzle

whizzle

English

Alternative forms

  • wizzle, weezle

Verb

whizzle (third-person singular simple present whizzles, present participle whizzling, simple past and past participle whizzled)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England) To whiz or whirl along; make a hissing sound
  2. (dialectal, Northern England) To go about one's way carelessly or heedlessly
    • 2008, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company:
      The chargers spun round each other, biting and striking, while the two blades wheeled and whizzled and circled in gleams of dazzling light.

Noun

whizzle (plural whizzles)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England) A whizzing sound