whizz

/ wɪz /

verb

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. informal,  (intr) 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. informal,  to urinate

Word History and Origins

Origin of whizz¹

C16: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Margaret whizzed through the buttons on the back of the dress and tied the sash at the back of the skirt into a floppy bow.

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We made it to the top, whizzed down the other side, passed the test—and passed it again and again, all the way across the country, through the agonizingly steep hills of western Maine.

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A bullet whizzed through the undergrowth and a deer went bounding away.

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Bespectacled, with long hair and a beard and moustache, he seems more like a latter-day hippy than a tech whizz, and he is clearly proud as he shows me around his firm.

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The Welshman said he was "exhausted, but I have a really strong memory of being on the back of the motorbike whizzing through central London, going past Rada", his old acting school.

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