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whiz

1  [hwiz, wiz] verb, whizzed, whiz⋅zing, noun
Use whiz in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
2. to move or rush with such a sound: The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to whiz.
4. to treat with a whizzer.
–noun
5. Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.: She's a whiz at math.
6. the sound of a whizzing object.
7. a swift movement producing such a sound.
Also, whizz.

Origin:
1540–50; imit.; cf. fizz

Related forms:
whiz⋅zing⋅ly, adverb

whiz

2  [hwiz, wiz]
–noun
wizard (def. 3).
Origin:
by shortening

wiz⋅ard

  [wiz-erd]
–noun
1. a person who practices magic; magician or sorcerer.
2. a conjurer or juggler.
3. Also, whiz, wiz  [wiz] . a person of amazing skill or accomplishment: a wizard at chemistry.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a wizard.
5. magic.
6. British Slang. superb; excellent; wonderful: That's wizard!
Origin:
1400–50; late ME wisard. See wise 1 , -ard

Related forms:
wiz⋅ard⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
1. enchanter, necromancer, thaumaturge, diviner.
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whiz also whizz   (hwĭz, wĭz)   
v.   whizzed, whiz·zing, whiz·zes

v.   intr.

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.

  2. To move swiftly with or as if with such a sound; rush: whizzed past on a ten-speed bike; as the days whizzed by.

v.   tr.
To throw or spin rapidly: The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.
n.   pl. whiz·zes

  1. A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.

  2. A rapid passage or journey.

  3. Informal One who has remarkable skill: a whiz at all sorts of games.


[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
whiz

  1. n.
    a talented or skilled person. : She's a real whiz with stats.
  2. in.
    to urinate. (Usually objectionable.) : I gotta stop here and whiz.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

whiz 
"clever person," 1914, probably a special use of whiz "something remarkable" (1908), an extended sense of whizz; or perhaps a shortened form of wizard. Noun phrase whiz kid is from 1930s, a take-off on a radio show's quiz kid.

wizard 
c.1440, "philosopher, sage," from M.E. wys "wise" (see wise (adj.)) + -ard. Cf. Lith. zynyste "magic," zynys "sorcerer," zyne "witch," all from zinoti "to know." The ground sense is perhaps "to know the future." The meaning "one with magical power" did not emerge distinctly until c.1550, the distinction between philosophy and magic being blurred in the Middle Ages. As a slang word meaning "excellent" it is recorded from 1922.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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