whizzle
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From whiz + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare quizzle.
Verb[edit]
whizzle (third-person singular simple present whizzles, present participle whizzling, simple past and past participle whizzled)
- (dialectal, Northern England) To whiz or whirl along; to move with a hissing sound.
- 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.
- (dialectal, Northern England) To go about one's way carelessly or heedlessly.
Noun[edit]
whizzle (plural whizzles)
- (dialectal, Northern England) A whizzing sound.