doozern.
/ˈduːzə/ North American slang.
= doozy n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder
wonderc700
wonderinga1100
selcouthc1175
sellya1200
ferlyc1275
wondernessc1275
wonder thingc1290
adventurec1300
marvelc1300
marvellingc1400
wonderelc1440
signc1450
admiration1490
wonderment1542
wondering stockc1555
miracle-worker1561
singularity1576
stupor mundi1587
miracle1595
marvellation1599
portent1607
astonishment1611
prodigy1616
magnale1623
magnality1646
mirable1646
phenomenon1741
gaping-stock1817
reacher1825
stunner1829
buster1833
caution1834
merry-go-rounder1838
knock-down1843
astonisher1871
marvelry1874
mazer1876
phenom1881
whizzer1888
knock-out1892
whizz1908
doozy1916
doozer1930
heart-stopper1940
blockbuster1942
ooh-ah1957
mind-blower1968
stonker1987
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > something exceedingly great in degree > and therefore causing astonishment
sockdolager1838
firecracker1845
doozy1916
doozer1930
1930–9 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 174/2.
1949 L. Peterson Chipmunk 231 Paying for three World Wars now. Next one'll really be a doozer and expensive.
1956 K. M. Wells By Jumping Cat Bridge xxxvii. 207 A storm was brewing. ‘A real doozer,’ I mumbled. ‘A doozer.’
1974 J. Dowell Look-off Bear 34 Then he would tie on what he called a ‘doozer’.
1985 New Yorker 26 Aug. 49/1 You know about our crosswinds, I've seen some doozers here, too.
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