noun
jizz
JIHZ
noun
1
Among birdwatchers, the overall look, posture, and movement of a bird that lets an experienced observer identify its species at a glance, without checking individual field marks.
"Even at a distance, she recognised the hawk by its jizz alone."
"Seasoned birders can often name a species just from its jizz in flight."
2
Vulgar slang for semen.
How to Use Jizz
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishIn birding, the "feel" of a bird's shape and movement that tells you what it is before you can see details; separately, a crude slang term for semen.
When to use it
The birding sense is specialist but not vulgar; the other sense is coarse slang and best avoided in polite writing.
Word Forms
jizzed past tense, jizzes plural, jizzes singular
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Etymology
The birdwatching sense dates to the early 20th century, first recorded in a 1921 nature column; its ultimate origin is debated, with guesses ranging from a garbled form of "gestalt" or "gist" to a coincidence with an unrelated slang word.