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whiz

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or whizz

[hwiz, wiz]
verb (used without object), whizzed, whiz·zing.
  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), whizzed, whiz·zing.
  1. to cause to whiz.
  2. to treat with a whizzer.
noun
  1. Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.: She's a whiz at math.
  2. the sound of a whizzing object.
  3. a swift movement producing such a sound.

Origin of whiz

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1540–50; imitative; cf. fizz
Related formswhiz·zing·ly, adverb
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whizz

whiz

verb whizzes, whizzing or whizzed
  1. to make or cause to make a loud humming or buzzing sound
  2. to move or cause to move with such a sound
  3. (intr) informal to move or go rapidly
noun
  1. a loud humming or buzzing sound
  2. informal a person who is extremely skilful at some activity
  3. a slang word for amphetamine
  4. take a whizz US informal to urinate

Word Origin for whizz

C16: of imitative origin
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Word Origin and History for whizz
v.

"make or move with a humming, hissing sound," 1540s, of imitative origin. Meaning "to urinate" is from 1929. Related: Whizzed; whizzing. The noun is recorded from 1610s.

whiz

n.

"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.

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