whizgig
(ˈhwɪzgɪg)
[f. whizz + gig n.1]
An object that whizzes round, as a revolving humming toy: cf. whizzer a, fizgig 2. Also attrib. So whiz-jig [cf. jig n.1 6], in quot. applied (? allusively) to a pumping apparatus.
| 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 22 Nov. (1971) 279 A Whizgig for Pakenham in my next. 1848 Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxv, A bed about the size of one of those whizgig temples in which the Genius appears in a pantomime. 1891 Cent. Dict., Whizgig, a mechanical toy. 1891 Century Mag. Dec. 248 A labor-saving whiz-jig was now devised. |