gizzing

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English

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Etymology

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From Arabic غَزَلَ (ḡazala, to display amorous behavior, to court).

Verb

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gizzing

  1. (dialect, UK, archaic, transitive, intransitive) To grin and laugh at someone.
    • 1875, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 253:
      Nay then; but you're a gizzing at me, maister.
    • 2004, Patricia Page, Across the Magic Line: Growing Up in Fiji, page 197:
      She sang the flirtiest song, something about “But I knew dear, somebody else was gizzing you”.
  2. (dialect, UK) To gaze.

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