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▪ I. zizz, n.|zɪz|
1. a. The noise made by the rapid motion of a wheel; also as adv. Also extended to other whizzing or buzzing noises (see quots.).
1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. xi, I carried a cutler's wheel for several weeks,..there I went bizz—bizz—whizz—zizz, at every auld wife's door. 1904G. A. B. Dewar Glamour of Earth vi. 131 The zizz of the cricket, or the shrill of the bat. 1908Belloc Mr. Clutterbuck's Elect. xiii, They shot round the base of the hills,..had a splendid zizz along the Hog's Back, and then turned sharp round. 1955D. Barton Glorious Life xxv. 232 The sustained, high-pitched zizz of a party was audible. 1965Listener 17 June 900/3 The zizz of a trishaw's wheels passing on the road. 1976Drive May–June 53/2 Gear lever zizz is irritating.
b. Gaiety, liveliness, ‘sparkle’. colloq.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §240/2 Animation; spirit; vim;..zing, zip,..zizz. 1970Gourmet Jan. 18/2 No party got into full swing until Tallulah arrived to put her particular type of zizz into it. 1983Times 22 Feb. 12/6 The Queensgate centre lacks, perhaps, finesse and a touch of zizz.
2. Also ziz. A short sleep, a nap. Cf. Z 4 b. slang.
1941Tee Emm Aug. 17 He could not have caught our Pilot Officer Prune at three o'clock one afternoon having a zizz full-length on a mess settee. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom v. 105 ‘Captain's having a ziz now,’ said the navigator. ‘Supper's at eleven o'clock, Greenwich. He's getting up for that.’ 1970P. Dickinson tr. Aristophanes' Wasps in Plays I. 169 Just what I aim to forget by having A quiet ziz. 1979M. Tabor Baker's Daughter i. 31 Philip's having a zizz. He can't stay awake. 1985Guardian 24 Jan. 1/3 They would not film any lord who had drifted off in the warmth of the lights for a refreshing zizz.
▪ II. zizz, v.
[f. the n.]
1. intr. To make a whizzing or buzzing sound. Occas. trans. (causally). Also const. up, to liven up.
a1934in Webster s.v., Trolleys went zizzing along. 1961E. Williams George ix. 112 The pince-nez zizzed back to her lapel. 1963Punch 1 May 621/3 Then she [sc. a bee] saw the carpet and zizzed. 1965Harper's Bazaar Feb. 21/2 An adventurous buyer deciding that model 127 is just the thing to zizz up his mid-season collection. 1970T. Lewis Jack's Return Home 89 The banger'd started zizzing furiously. 1970Daily Tel. 16 Dec. 11 Darts and circles about on the floor after its wheels are zizzed smartly. 1978Ibid. 19 July 12/5 The gearchange..is light but slightly notchy, and tended to ‘zizz’ on the overrun.
2. slang. To doze or sleep. Occas. trans. with away.
1942[see below]. 1961D. Moore Highway of Fear xxxvi. 240 Reckon this sector's safe. Might as well zizz. 1972K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me xii. 94, I zizzed away the worst of the afternoon, awaking some three hours later. 1978Sunday Mail Color Mag. (Brisbane) 30 Apr. 20/6 When everyone inside the building had zizzed off he had sneaked inside.
Hence ˈzizzing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1942Gen 1 Sept. 13/1 Sleeping is ‘zizzing’ whether it's on the job or in the hammock. 1951J. Strachey Man on Pier 37 The flies on the window-pane woke up and started to rage together with a venomous zizzing. Ibid. 88 Confusion continued, it seemed to Ned, to the old background of zizzing flies, bellowing cows, walks, and hot, cloudy weather. 1961E. Williams George ix. 111 There was a terrified zizzing noise from an obedient coil-spring. |