doo·zy noun \ˈdü-zē\\-zər\
: something that is unusually good, bad, big, severe, etc.
plural doozies or doozers
: an extraordinary one of its kind
Examples of DOOZY
- They say the snowstorm tonight is going to be a doozy.
- Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy.
- Some of her comments have been real doozies.
- a doozy of a year
Origin of DOOZY
perhaps alteration of daisy
First Known Use: 1916
Related to DOOZY
- beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, jim–dandy (or doozie also doozer), dream, honey, hot stuff, humdinger, hummer, knockout, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, pippin, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart
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