jizz
/ˈd͡ʒɪz/
jizz noun: the physical and behavioural characteristics of a bird that enable it to be immediately recognised by an experienced birder as a certain type of bird, especially to family or genus level.
Noun (1)
jizz (usually uncountable, plural jizzes)
- The physical and behavioural characteristics of a bird that enable it to be immediately recognised by an experienced birder as a certain type of bird, especially to family or genus level.
- A West Coast Irishman was familiar with the wild creatures which dwelt on or visited his rocks and shores; at a glance he could name them, usually correctly, but if asked how he knew them would reply ‘By their "jizz".’1922, TA Coward, Bird Haunts and Nature Memories, London: Warne
- Ennion's work is instantly recognisable. It is not detailed, it is often ‘impressionistic’ and it sometimes almost borders on caricature, yet few bird artists can capture the jizz, movement and atmosphere of birds the way he did.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 112
Noun (2)
jizz (uncountable)
Verb
jizz (third-person singular simple present jizzes, present participle jizzing, simple past and past participle jizzed)
jizz meaning in Malay, Indonesian and Persian
jizz in Malay
- slang: to ejaculate
- pancut
jizz in Indonesian
- slang: sperm
- peju
jizz in Persian
- slang: sperm
- آبکیر âbkir
Examples of jizz in a sentence
- Political cartoonists rely a lot on jizz.2009, Jeremy Mynott, chapter 3, in Birdscapes, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton, page 74:
- With a few deft strokes of his pencil, he captures their 'jizz'.2015, Nick Davies, chapter 3, in Cuckoo - Cheating by Nature (paperback), London: Bloomsbury, page 53:
Synonyms of jizz
Forms of jizz
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jizzes |
| alternative form | gism |
| alternative form | jazz |
| alternative form | jism |
| alternative form | jiz |
| alternative form | jizzum |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jizzes |
| present participle | jizzing |
| past participle | jizzed |
| past | jizzed |
Origin of jizz
The earliest known appearance in print dates from 1922, in Thomas Coward's "Country Diary" column for the Manchester Guardian of 6 December 1921; the piece was subsequently included in his 1922 book Bird Haunts and Nature Memories. He attributed it to "a west-coast Irishman", and explained: :if we are walking on the road and see, far ahead, someone whom we recognise although we can neither distinguish features nor particular clothes, we may be certain that we are not mistaken; there is something in the carriage, the walk, the general appearance which is familiar; it is, in fact, the individual's jizz. There are several theories as to the etymology of “jizz”: * From the military term GIS (“general impression and shape”). * Possible contraction of just is (in the sense that a particular bird species “just is” that species). An essay by Greenwood and Greenwood in 2018 debunks these theories. Other suggestions include variants of guise, gist and gestalt (mispronounced).
Variation or shortening of jism.
Words formed from jizz
- jizz bucket
- jizzer
- jizz fest
- jizzhound
- jizz-mopper
- jizzrag
- jizztastic
- jizzwad
- jizzy
Phrases with jizz
Words that rhyme with jizz
Questions about jizz
- What does jizz mean?
- Jizz means the physical and behavioural characteristics of a bird that enable it to be immediately recognised by an experienced birder as a certain type of bird, especially to family or genus level.
- What is jizz in Malay?
- Jizz in Malay is pancut. See Jizz meaning in Malay.
- How do you use jizz in a sentence?
- Political cartoonists rely a lot on jizz.
- What part of speech is jizz?
- Jizz can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce jizz?
- Jizz is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪz/.
- What is the plural of jizz?
- The plural of jizz is jizzes.
Words near jizz in the dictionary
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