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verb · intransitive

whizzle

whizzle · whizzles · whizzled · whizzling

To whiz or whirl alongTo whiz or whirl along; to move with a hissing sound.

Meaning

2 senses

(Northern England, dialectal)To whiz or whirl along; to move with a hissing sound.
(Northern England, dialectal)To go about one's way carelessly or heedlessly.

Origin

From whiz + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare quizzle.

From whiz + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare quizzle.

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Forms

whizzles, whizzling, whizzled, whizzled

Base form	whizzle · to whizzle
3rd person singular	whizzles
Present participle	whizzling
Past simple	whizzled
Past participle	whizzled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	whizzle
he, she, it	whizzles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

whizzled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have whizzled
he, she, it	has whizzled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will whizzle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

whittle whiz whoA1 who'd

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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