whizzyadj.
/ˈhwɪzi/ rare.
Characterized by whizzing; figurative (dialect) dizzy, giddy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adjective]
dizzyc1340
turngiddy1398
turn-sickc1440
lighta1500
light-headeda1500
dozy1530
swimec1540
giddy1570
swimming1607
vertiginous1608
vertiginal1612
vertiginous1621
vertigious1623
hiddy-giddy1629
swimmering1650
wheel-sick1670
giddyish1711
swimmy1836
whizzy1866
dizzied1870
1866 G. W. Thornbury Greatheart lviii I felt all whizzy and sleepy like.
Derivatives
ˈwhizziness n. quality or state of whizzing.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > with or as with sound
whirra1400
whizzing1607
whizz1620
whizziness1839
whooshing1976
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > rushing sibilant sound > whizz > quality
whizziness1839
1839 W. M. Thackeray Legend St. Sophia of Kioff xviii. 42 The swift arrow's whizziness causing a dizziness.
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2.
a. Technologically innovative or advanced; up to date, modern. Cf. WYSIWYG adj. colloquial.
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the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern > technologically advanced
push-button1946
whizzy1977
1977 Observer 10 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 24/1 If you're frustrated in your attempts to buy the latest thing, because you haven't much money or a wealth of whizzy shops around you, you have to concentrate on colour.
1986 Making Music Apr. 7/1 Both samplers are MIDI compatible, have built-in disk drives, and a whizzy Roland-style alpha wheel for modifying your sounds.
1989 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Aug. 23/2 Colleagues may use words like Platonic to describe his esthetic but for Jobs the technology is ‘neat’ and ‘whizzy’—as opposed to ‘bozo’ and brain-damaged.
1991 Money June 159/4 No matter how whizzy the technology, there's nothing like hands-on.
b. [After whiz-kid.] Of a person: exceptionally talented or successful. Frequently in superlative. colloquial.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > gifted or talented > very
well gifted1621
large-parteda1659
ace1927
bionic1976
whizzy1979
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > exceptionally > exceptionally (of a person)
whizzy1979
mega1987
1979 Forbes 3 Sept. 21/2 That K's still the whizziest whiz kid around—in a lot of other opinions as well as his own.
1991 Toronto Star 28 June b4/2 The team is a joke, a non-team really, composed of rookies and whiz kids more cheesy than whizzy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1839