doozies

noun

variants also doozers
plural of doozy
as in beauties
something very good of its kind you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy

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Recent Examples of doozies Cregger doesn’t deal exclusively in jump scares, but there are a couple of doozies in that department. — Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 The game surely will have some late-season playoff implications as well, giving it top billing on a Chiefs schedule that features quite a few other doozies. — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 May 2026 One of Richins’ doozies involved Irene Gilbert. — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doozies
  1. beauties
  2. dreams
  3. humdingers
  4. wonders
  5. peaches
  6. marvels
  7. beauts
  8. gems
Noun
  • Before that, everyone was taking pep pills or methadone or black beauties, speed.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
  • These regions are already incredibly cinematic, but finding undiscovered beauties to shoot in this land was a true moment of pride and triumph.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of beauties
Noun
  • Dellucci and his teammates had fulfilled their personal dreams and made history as the fastest franchise to win a World Series.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The name draws on rapid eye movement, the stage of sleep associated with vivid dreams.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • The book is full of many such humdingers.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of humdingers
Noun
  • Wright also interrogates the boundary between severe mental illness and evil, and wonders whether, even in extreme cases, redemption might be possible.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Directed by Rocky, Aisulton Seitov, and Pietro Biz Biasia, the appropriately trippy video opens with the rapper discovering the wonders of nature in a hippie wonderland, where even the old ladies knitting on park benches will take a toke.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of wonders
Noun
  • During a visit in August, I was charmed to find that the fresh Jersey peaches infused into the water were cut in the shape of hearts.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Harvard Medical School lists apples, citrus fruits and stone fruits (like cherries and peaches) as other anti-inflammatory options, highlighting their vitamin C and fiber content.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of peaches
Noun
  • Englert also supervised the stunning cinematography, and one marvels at how this often silly film looks so smart.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Today, Astana’s skyline can keep up with the best of them, with 21st-century architectural marvels made from concrete, steel, and glass cresting over the country’s endless steppes into the horizon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of marvels
Noun
  • Marty Brown 5-yard run after two beauts from Darian Mensah to Malachi Toney on an eight-play, 89-yard drive.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • As for the performance T-shirts in the lineup, the oversized, moisture-wicking beauts are meant to turn heads in their color-happy Turmeric iteration.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
Definition of beauts
Noun
  • And its milk chocolate gems are like M&M’s but colored with real foods like beet juice and spirulina.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That's not every one of them, but there's always a little fool's gold hiding among the real gems.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of gems

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