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hizzing

hizzing is the present participle and gerund of hizz.

Meaning of hizz

Verb

hizz (third-person singular simple present hizzes, present participle hizzing, simple past and past participle hizzed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To hiss.
    • To have a thousand with red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em!c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6

Questions about hizzing

What is hizzing the present participle and gerund of?
Hizzing is the present participle and gerund of hizz.

Words near hizzing in the dictionary

  1. hizz
  2. hizzed
  3. hizzes
  4. hizzie
  5. hizzies
  6. hizzing
  7. hizzle
  8. hizzles
  9. hizzoner
  10. hizzoners
  11. hizzouse

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