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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Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 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
Engineering teams often remain in Europe, where salaries are lower and universities produce a steady stream of computer whizzes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Once in Kerala, the film whizzes through a checklist of things a layperson might associate with the tourist-favourite state - its famous backwaters, the ubiquitous coconut trees, toddy, elephants, and Onam, its most popular festival.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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
