whizz

British  

/ 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

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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

Etymology

Origin of whizz

C16: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

A woman, in a rhinestone shirt, told me that she wanted to convene her fellow cyclists to whizz by the gulleys and alleyways around Tucson, searching for clues in the muck.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Picture eating perfectly fried chicken nuggets topped with a bump of caviar as tennis balls whizz from one side of the court to the other.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

Its Eve Evtol machine will, Flexjet hopes, pick up passengers from private terminals and whizz them into city centres.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Only in the past few years have astronomers realized that interstellar objects sometimes whizz through the Solar System and might even hit Earth.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 30, 2023

The door dings open, the familiar hallways whizz by, everything seeming too bright, too whitewashed to make out specifics.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott