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fizgig

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fiz⋅gig

  [fiz-gig]
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–noun
1. a type of firework that makes a loud hissing sound.
2. a whirling toy that makes a whizzing noise.
3. fishgig.
4. Australian. a police informer.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier fisgig, equiv. to fis (late ME fise term of abuse; akin to ON fīsa to break wind; cf. fizzle ) + gig (ME gigge girl; see giggle )

fish⋅gig

  [fish-gig]
–noun
a spearlike implement with barbed prongs for spearing fish in the water.
Also called fizgig.

Origin:
1635–45; alter. (by assoc. with fish ) of fizgig, prob. by folk etym. < Sp fisga harpoon
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fizgig

noun
1. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear] 
2. a firework that fizzes as it moves 
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