whizzer

noun

whiz·​zer ˈ(h)wi-zər 

: one that whizzes

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

Example Sentences

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

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above