whiz kid

¹ American  

noun

Informal.

1. a youthful and exceptionally intelligent, successful, or influential person in a given field.

   the whiz kid of network programming.

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whiz-kid ² American  

[hwiz-kid, wiz-] / ˈʰwɪzˌkɪd, ˈwɪz- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or being a whiz kid.

   a whiz-kid sales manager.

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Etymology

Origin of whiz kid¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Origin of whiz-kid²

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

She, too, believed bitcoin could hit $200,000 by the end of 2025: “With bitcoin, there is a limited supply and it’s not run by one organization or one person. A big drop happens every couple of years, and it’s normally what happens before a huge pump. You’ve had banks and nation-states buying into bitcoin and exchange-traded funds. I’m not a financial whiz kid, but investors are trying to bring the price down so they can buy as much as possible.”

From MarketWatch

Vincent was a first-generation Indian immigrant and dot-com whiz kid.

From Slate

I’m not a financial whiz kid, but investors are trying to bring the price down so they can buy as much as possible, trying to scare the weaker hands.

From MarketWatch

I’m not a financial whiz kid, but investors trying to bring the price down so they can buy as much as possible, trying to scare the weaker hands.

From MarketWatch

That morning, James Watson, the American whiz kid who had not yet turned 25, and his British colleague, Francis Crick, had finally worked out the structure of DNA.

From Los Angeles Times