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hizzy

hizzy noun: a house, a residence.

Noun

hizzy (plural hizzies)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A house, a residence.
    • Yo, let’s go back to my hizzy.
    • “Nice doing business with y'all. Hey, you want me to clear out these inflatables? Ah, you know what? They're on the hizzy. Use 'em for pool floats.”2021 May 2, Janine Brito & Jeremy Rowley, “The Drincan Temple” (9:17 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 19, spoken by Bud Bullard (Andy Bobrow)
    Synonyms:
    crib, gaff

Synonyms of hizzy

Forms of hizzy

pluralhizzies
alternative formhizzie
alternative formhizzay
alternative formheezy
alternative formheezay

Origin of hizzy

Short for hizzouse + -y, later reinforced house + -izzy.

Questions about hizzy

What does hizzy mean?
Hizzy means a house, a residence.
What part of speech is hizzy?
Hizzy is a noun.
What is the plural of hizzy?
The plural of hizzy is hizzies.

Words near hizzy in the dictionary

  1. hizzles
  2. hizzoner
  3. hizzoners
  4. hizzouse
  5. hizzouses
  6. hizzy
  7. hiärneite
  8. Hiʻiaka
  9. hj
  10. hjalmarite
  11. HJB equation

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