Definition of Twizzle

1. Noun. A turning, twisting or spinning motion ¹

2. Verb. To rotate, spin or twirl ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twizzle

1. to twirl [v TWIZZLED, TWIZZLING, TWIZZLES] - See also: twirl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twizzle

twitterer
twitterers
twittering
twitteringly
twitterings
twitterpated
twitters
twittery
twitting
twittingly
twittings
twixt
twixt-brain
twizzle (current term)
twizzled
twizzles
twizzling
two
two's company, three's a crowd
two's complement
two's complements
two-
two-a-penny
two-armed
two-bagger
two-base hit
two-baser
two-bellied muscle

Literary usage of Twizzle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"I say, look at twizzle, he said he should enjoy it, I'll speak to him. ... I say, twizzle, how do you find yourself? you seem to be very poorly. Oh ! Oh ! ..."

2. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"This word is also used in London slang. twizzle [twiz-1], *. a twist, flourish; e.ij., a flourish at the end of a MS. is a twizzle. twizzle [twiz-1], (1) va ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"twizzle [twiz-1], .1. a twist, flourish; t.ij., a flourish at the end of a MS. is a twizzle. twizzle [twiz-1], (1) va to twist, flourish, <v/., ..."

4. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"See twizzle. TWIT. To reproach—to throw in one's teeth— " 'A twitted 'a wo't, ... Pr. Gl. twizzle. Twirl—quick rotation. The symptoms of a disease that ..."

5. The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus by John Bull, Thomas Hood, Charles Lamb (1825)
"I say, ok at twizzle, he said he should enjoy it, see what pickle he's in." " I say, twizzle, now do you find m/self ? you seem very poorly. ..."

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