whiz

Whiz is defined as to make a humming sound while speeding past.

(verb)

An example of to whiz is a humming bird flying by.

The definition of a whiz is a person who is very skilled at something.

(noun)

An example of a whiz is a person who can spell just about any word, a spelling whiz.

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See whiz in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or whizz

intransitive verb whizzed, whizzing

  1. to move swiftly with or as with a buzzing or hissing sound: the bus whizzed by him
  2. to make the buzzing or hissing sound of something moving swiftly through the air
  3. Slang to urinate

Origin: echoic

transitive verb

to cause to whiz, esp. by rotating rapidly

noun

  1. a whizzing sound or movement
  2. Origin: see wiz

    1. Slang a person who is very quick, adroit, or skilled at something; expert: a whiz at football
    2. Slang something strikingly excellent, attractive, etc.: a whiz of a car
  3. Slang the act of urinating: often in the phrase

See whiz in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also whizz

verb whizzed whizzed, whiz·zing, whiz·zes
verb, intransitive
  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.
verb, transitive
To throw or spin rapidly: The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.
noun 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.

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Origin: Imitative

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