[f. WHIZ(Z + GIG sb.1] An object that whizzes round, as a revolving humming toy: cf. WHIZZER a., FIZGIG 2. Also attrib. So Whiz-jig [cf. JIG sb. 6], in quot. applied (? allusively) to a pumping apparatus.
1848. Thackeray, Bk. Snobs, xxxv. A bed about the size of one of those whizgig temples in which the Genius appears in a pantomime.
1892. Cent. Dict., Whizgig, a mechanical toy.
1892. J. A. Beebe Century Mag., Dec., 248/1. A labor-saving whiz-jig was now devised.
