gizzing

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verb

Grinning and laughing at someone.

OriginArabic غَزَلَ →
Scrabble 27
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Meanings

verb
  1. UKambitransitivearchaicdialectalGrinning and laughing at someone.

    Nay then; but you're a gizzing at me, maister.

    1875, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 253
    1 more example

    She sang the flirtiest song, something about “But I knew dear, somebody else was gizzing you”.

    2004, Patricia Page, Across the Magic Line: Growing Up in Fiji, page 197
  2. UKdialectalGazing.

Origin

  1. Arabicغَزَلَ“to display amorous behavior, to court”
  2. Englishgizzing

From Arabic غَزَلَ (ḡazala, “to display amorous behavior, to court”).

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“gizzing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gizzing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gizzing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gizzing.

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