whizzle

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From whiz +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). Compare quizzle.

Verb

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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; 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.
  2. (dialectal, Northern England) To go about one's way carelessly or heedlessly.

Noun

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whizzle (plural whizzles)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England) A whizzing sound.