whiz

[ hwiz, wiz ]

/ ʰwɪz, wɪz /

to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.

to move or rush with such a sound: The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud.

to cause to whiz.

to treat with a whizzer.

Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.: She's a whiz at math.

the sound of a whizzing object.

a swift movement producing such a sound.

Nearby words

1540–50; imitative; cf. fizz

whiz·zing·ly, adverb

[ hwiz, wiz ]

/ ʰwɪz, wɪz /

by shortening

Significantly, Ruthie was also a whiz at math—a subject in which Bernie was notably deficient.
The Making of Madoff|Jerry Oppenheimer|August 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
We had not gained more than a hundred yards, when the whiz of an arrow met our ears.
The Privateer's-Man|Frederick Marryat
There was a whiz and a loud report, and the enormous mass of ice heaved upwards in the centre, and fell back in huge fragments.
The World of Ice|R.M. Ballantyne
These shells come with a whiz like an express train, and then—crash!
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott

Chemic, using bleaching powder liquor at ½° Tw., allowing them to steep for two hours, then wash and whiz.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics|Franklin Beech
The tourists who come there now in their touring cars look at that black-faced rock about half a second and whiz by.
The Young Alaskans on the Missouri|Emerson Hough