whizzlev.
dialect.
1. intransitive. To whizz or whistle.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rushing sibilant sound > whizz
whither1487
whizza1547
whizzle1582
zip1852
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Rush do the winds forward through perst chinck narrolye whizling.
1901 Daily News 1 Apr. 5/4 The nagaikas whizzled, and the students were falling to the ground row after row.
2. transitive. To obtain slyly.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by irregular means
miswinc1400
sorn1563
shirk1635
sponge1676
whizzle1787
mooch1865
honeyfuggle1905
hot-stuff1914
scrounge1917
hum1918
ponce1938
organize1941
bludge1944
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Whizzle, to get any thing away slily.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Whizzle, to obtain anything slily.
1894 R. Bridges Nero ii. i. ii. 319 'Twould be guessed whence I whizzled it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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