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beezer

beezer noun: nose.

Noun (1)

beezer (plural beezers)

  1. (dated, slang) nose
    • “In der beezer, Casey, slam him in der beezer!” ¶ At the ropes Casey fought back, but was obliged to clinch.1913, “Kid Ivanhoe”, in Adventure, volume 7, page 131
    • “Now, don’t be turnin’ up that busted beezer of yours so proud an’ haughty.[…]”1919, Charles Emmett Van Loan, Taking the Count: Prize Ring Stories, page 183
  2. (dated, slang) head
    • We were beating up into the wind, when Captain Pray decided to tack, and her concise order to me was “Duck your beezer!” and while I was wondering which part of the boat a beezer was, the boom just missed the top of my head and she remarked, “I told you to duck.”1921 July 24, Eleanor Pray, “[Letter home]”, in Birgitta Ingemanson, editor, Letters from Vladivostok, 1894–1930, published 2013, page 98
    • “[…] If the hogs ate your beezer with all the phony ideas you’ve got in it, they’d croak!”1928, Robert Joyce Tasker, Grimhaven, page 110

Noun (2)

beezer (plural beezers)

  1. (UK, dated, slang) A smart person, a bloke.

Adjective

beezer (comparative more beezer, superlative most beezer)

  1. (UK, dated, slang) Excellent, super.
    • We had a beezer time at the party.

Examples of beezer in a sentence

  • It is virtually impossible to write a novel of suspense without getting a certain amount of ink on the beezer.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing:
  • “If you’re mad, go to Lindewiese— / Then be glad, put an old hat on your beezer!”1936, Adolf Lorenz, My Life and Work: The Search for a Missing Glove, page 4:

Forms of beezer

Noun
pluralbeezers
Adjective
comparativemore beezer
superlativemost beezer

Origin of beezer

Unknown, perhaps from Spanish cabeza (“head”), though the meaning “head” appears to somewhat postdate “nose” in English. First attested in 1908, originally apparently as American boxing slang. Various sources have suggested a borrowing, perhaps by American sailors or marines, from Mandarin 鼻子 (“nose”). While the Mandarin may have reinforced an existing term, an ultimate derivation from Mandarin is improbable given the context and time frame of early use.

Borrowed from Scots beezer, beeser, of unknown origin. First attested in the 1910s. The adjective is from the noun.

Words that rhyme with beezer

Questions about beezer

What does beezer mean?
Beezer means nose.
How do you use beezer in a sentence?
It is virtually impossible to write a novel of suspense without getting a certain amount of ink on the beezer.
What part of speech is beezer?
Beezer can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of beezer?
The plural of beezer is beezers.

Words near beezer in the dictionary

  1. beeyards
  2. beeyatch
  3. beeyatches
  4. beeyotch
  5. beeyotches
  6. beezer
  7. beezers
  8. beezies
  9. Beezley
  10. Beezleys
  11. beezy

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