[doo-zee] 
noun, verb, -zied, -zi⋅ing. Informal.| 1. | Also, doo⋅zer [doo-zer] . something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind: The storm was a doozie, with winds of fifty miles an hour. |
| 2. | doozie up, to make more attractive or appealing, as by adding features or ornaments, cleaning or repairing, or clothing brightly: You'll have to doozie up the house before you can sell it. |
| doo·zy or doo·zie (dōō'zē) n. pl. doo·zies Slang Something extraordinary or bizarre: "Among the delicious names taken by, or given to, minor political parties in the United States . . . are these doozies: Quids, Locofocos, Barnburners, Coodies, Hunkies, Bucktails" (Saturday Review). [Possibly blend of daisy and Duesenberg, a luxury car of the late 1920s and 1930s.] |
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doosie
[ˈduzi] and doozie; doozy
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