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whiz

1  [hwiz, wiz] verb, whizzed, whiz⋅zing, noun
Use whizz 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
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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.
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Main Entry:  whizz
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See wazz
Main Entry:  whizz
Part of Speech:  vi
Definition:  See wazz
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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.

whizz 
"make or move with a humming, hissing sound," 1547, of imitative origin. Meaning "to urinate" is from 1929. The noun is recorded from 1620.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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