whiz
verb (used without object)
to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
whizzes
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present tense formof whiz (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Traders like Perkins are known for being math whizzes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“The History of Concrete” is about the history of concrete — he’s not kidding about that — but as ever, his expedition whizzes the audience from one unexpected pit stop to another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
"It is an intense period of work and is over far too quickly as the festival whizzes by," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
The actual act of mining involves computer whizzes trying to solve a numerical puzzle; the first miner to solve it gets the newly created Bitcoin.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
In a curious way, many people simultaneously exalt and dismiss mathematicians and scientists as impractical whizzes.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
