whizzer

noun

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whiz·zer | \ ˈ(h)wi-zər

Definition of whizzer

: one that whizzes especially : a centrifugal machine for drying something (such as grain, sugar, or nitrated cotton)

Examples of whizzer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The combination feeds the V-6 and the electric whizzer directly into the transmission. — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2020 Cain got a glove up and deflected Carlos Gonzalez’s whizzer at his ear, and shortstop Kelby Tomlinson picked up the carom for a forceout that stranded the bases loaded in the third. — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 17 June 2017

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