Meaning

4 senses

  1. A set of horizontal blades used to separate mineral particles.

  2. A device used in milling to dry wheat, etc. by rapid spinning.

  3. (UK, slang)A pickpocket.

  4. (historical)Synonym of whizgig (“spinning toy”).

Origin

From whizz + -er.

From whizz + -er.

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Forms

plural: whizzers
Singularwhizzer
Pluralwhizzers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
whizgig

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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