"quizzle" meaning in English

See quizzle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: quizzles [present, singular, third-person], quizzling [participle, present], quizzled [participle, past], quizzled [past]
Etymology: From quiz (“to whiz”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{l|en|whiz}} whiz, {{suffix|en|quiz|le|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to whiz}} quiz (“to whiz”) + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} quizzle (third-person singular simple present quizzles, present participle quizzling, simple past and past participle quizzled)
  1. To make a whizzing sound
    Sense id: en-quizzle-en-verb-6qbePn4t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 29 37 34
  2. To ponder
    Sense id: en-quizzle-en-verb-F-JrUcI4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 29 37 34
  3. (dialectal) To suffocate Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-quizzle-en-verb-3vto15y2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 29 37 34

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