a centrifugal machine for drying sugar, grain, clothes, etc
Word origin
[1880–85; whiz1 + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: jackpot, pari-mutuel, quotation mark, rain check, regionalism-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'whizzer' in a sentence
whizzer
Dry it in a salad whizzer or by patting it with kitchen paper.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Season and blitz with the whizzer as soon as the pumpkin has finished cooking.
The Sun (2011)
Blend with a stick whizzer or in a food processor until perfectly smooth and satisfyingly green.
The Sun (2014)
If you haven't got a whizzer, you can just use a fork to mash the raspberries.