DOOZY Definition & Meaning

View synonyms for

doozy

or ��Ǵ�·��

[ doo-zee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural doozies.

Also ��Ǵ�·�� []. something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind:
The storm was a doozy, with winds of fifty miles an hour.

verb phrase

to make more attractive or appealing, as by adding features or ornaments, cleaning or repairing, or clothing brightly:
You'll have to doozy up the house before you can sell it.

doozy

/ ˈ��ː��ɪ /

noun

slang.
something excellent
the plot's a doozy

Discover More

�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of doozy¹

First recorded in 1925–30, Americanism; of uncertain origin; sometimes associated with the Duesenburg, a luxury auto, though the variant dozy precedes the appearance of the car in 1920

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

It took two months, but we finally have our first "gate" of the second Trump administration: "Signalgate" — and it's a doozy.

From

His energy as ringmaster has flagged at times — the pandemic was a doozy — but “I honestly don’t see any reason to stop at this point,” Aukerman says.

From

In Alexis Scheer’s “Breaking the Story,” which opened on Tuesday at Second Stage Theater, the initial bang is an earsplitting doozy: an explosion that throws a war journalist and her videographer to the ground.

From

The sexual hang-ups of abortion opponents are rarely far from the surface, but even by those low standards, the unjustified male grievance on display in this new Texas lawsuit is a doozy.

From

Looks to be a doozy of a spring evening in Wolverhampton.

From

Browse