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单词 whizgig
释义 whizgig|ˈhwɪzgɪg|
[f. whizz + gig n.1]
An object that whizzes round, as a revolving humming toy: cf. whizzer a, fizgig 2. Also attrib. So whiz-jig [cf. jig n.1 6], in quot. applied (? allusively) to a pumping apparatus.
1821M. Edgeworth Let. 22 Nov. (1971) 279 A Whizgig for Pakenham in my next.1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxv, A bed about the size of one of those whizgig temples in which the Genius appears in a pantomime.1891Cent. Dict., Whizgig, a mechanical toy.1891Century Mag. Dec. 248 A labor-saving whiz-jig was now devised.
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